Janet Jackson Quotes
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Too many lives go up in smoke - It's nice to laugh but don't be the joke.
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There are two sides of the Velvet Rope. Those who want to be on the other side and those who are on the other side.
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People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.
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When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again.
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It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.
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I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.
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When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.
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There's other things I'd like to do. I probably won't tour for a very, very long time. It's something that you feel inside and that's the way I've been looking at everything.
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Fear is the one emotion that unleashed can destroy anything and anyone.
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You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.
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To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.
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In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.
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When I do get married again, I'm just going to take time off.
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I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.
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When you hear bad things about yourself, just put your energies into something else; it's no good crying about it. Just put it into your music - it'll make you stronger.
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You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.
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To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals.
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Tie me up, tie me down, make me moan real loud.
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I lose things all the time. I used to lose my license all the time before I put a place in my car for it.
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Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he's gone, the more young people appreciate his art. 'What's Going On' was a work of genius far ahead of it's time.
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A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things.
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You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'
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I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.
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I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.