Janelle Monae Quotes
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I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that shows it off will be a distraction from the music. That's how my signature uniform, my tuxedo, came about. It's classic and timeless. You'll see me in black, white, and a pop of color on my lips. That pop adds a little magic.
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I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.
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I always carry my classic black-and-white tux and custom-made George Esquivel saddle shoes.
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I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an unforgettable way.
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My grandmother was the matriarch. If you didn't have a place to stay, if you needed food, if you were just coming out of jail or rehab, you went to her. Watching her in our family and our wider community was what inspired me and still does.
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Black history is part of American history, and it should be treated as such.
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Donald Trump is trying to build a wall. I'm trying to burn walls down and build more bridges.
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You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation.
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I have mentors like Erykah Badu. She's been like a big sister to me.
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I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women.
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People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.
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I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.
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I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.
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Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've grown older, everything reversed. My music, my personality - onstage those things became my colors.
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I've never viewed myself as 'just' a musician or singer.
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I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.
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I had a strong visceral reaction to the 'Moonlight' script, partly because I felt I knew all of these characters.
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I spend a lot of time in the future, But to help the future, sometimes you got to go back to the past, and sometimes you got to stay in the present.
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I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.
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I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.
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My message is that I want to reach the people - the people who work each and every day.
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I won't sit here and say I've never had a pimple, but I try to have a really great diet, you know, lots of vegetables and fish. And I think stress plays a huge part too.
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I'm a storyteller who wants to tell untold, meaningful, universal stories in unforgettable ways. I want to do it all, study it all, and find my place in it.
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I've gotten scripts over the years, but I believe it was the stories of 'Moonlight' and 'Hidden Figures' that really touched my heart and aligned with the messages that I felt were extremely important to me.