Janelle Monae Quotes
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Black history is part of American history, and it should be treated as such.
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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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Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.
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Maybe I'm outdated in thinking this, but because I'm a young black woman and don't see very many being the lead in a film, I have this fear: 'Will I be working?'
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 have mentors like Erykah Badu. She's been like a big sister to me.
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I've never viewed myself as 'just' a musician or singer.
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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 believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.
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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 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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It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.
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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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I don't do a lot of collaborations that I don't believe in. Actually, I don't do any collaborations that I don't believe in.