Quotes By Janet Jackson

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no was around I'd kiss the screen.

I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.

That's always - that's been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.

I kinda see everyone as competition.

I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that.

I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.

I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.

There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don't feel like working out any more, so you don't want to keep yourself fit any more, but that's your decision. Why should you be judged for it?

I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.

You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.

I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.

There are people that regardless of what it is, if it's something that's stressful, whatever it may be, they don't eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin. I'm the opposite.

I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

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.

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.

I'm happy with the people that I have around me. And they've been friends of mine since I was young, for a very long time.

Big sisters and brothers... I am telling you, it never changes.

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.

All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.

Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

I don't have a lot of friends.

I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.

Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.

Touring is very grueling. It's very taxing on the body and living out of your suitcase, going from city to city, night after night. It's a tough job.

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.

I really don't know anything else because my brothers were famous when I was two years old. So I know nothing else, no other life.