Quotes By Janet Jackson

I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it.

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.

You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.

You don't have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.

My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.

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

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

I can be an emotional eater.

That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.

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

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.

I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.

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

I have a very strong family.

When I was younger, I thought you had to be in control of your own life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can't let it all fall by the wayside. Later on, I learned that God is really in control of everything. But you still have to put your best foot forward and be the best you can possibly be.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Another side to me is this very sexual being. When I look back on my life, it's always been there. It's been there since I was 10 years old, having the imagination that I had.

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.