A biography for Janet Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.”
“I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid, I might add.”
“It's really about being pleased with yourself.”
“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.”
“I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.”
“I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.”
“My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.”
“My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.”
“I think people really connect with the idea of someone who's gained and lost weight in this very public way, and also someone who's an emotional eater.”
“I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.”
“You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.”
“It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.”
“I can be an emotional eater.”
“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.”
“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 two when we left Indiana, and I don't really remember it that well.”
“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.”
“I'd adopt. And I think that if I'm really supposed to have kids, it will happen, if that's God's plan for me.”
“You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.”
“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.”