Quotes from Janet Jackson

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

By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.

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.

I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career.

I think it's been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they've told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex... I think they are pretty used to it now.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

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 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.

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.

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.

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.

To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.

You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.

FEAR IS THE ONE EMOTION THAT UNLEASHED CAN DESTROY ANYTHING AND ANYONE.

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.

No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.

It's really about being pleased with yourself.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid, I might add.

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.

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

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

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.

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.