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Janet Jackson [1966-0] American

Rank: 102
Musician, Singer-songwriter

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 30 years.

Wisdom, Age, Knowledge, Best, Change, Cool, Dreams, Experience, Family, Fitness, Happiness, Imagination, Jealousy, Positive, Sad, Society

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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.	Best	101
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.	Family	102
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.	Knowledge, Wisdom	103
People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.		104
No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.		105
People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.		106
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.	Dreams, Society	107
I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career.	Change	108
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.	Experience, Happiness, Wisdom	109
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.	Age	110
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.	Age	111
Big sisters and brothers... I am telling you, it never changes.		112
It's really about being pleased with yourself.		113
Being on 'Good Times' was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn't my family.		114
I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.		115
If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.		116
In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.	Knowledge, Wisdom	117
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.		118
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?	Fitness	119
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.		120
I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.		121
I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.		122
I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.		123
I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.		124
There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.		125
My parents are very competitive, so we are very competitive as kids. But it's a good kind of competition; it's not a jealousy. You always want to do your best, and if it can't be you, you want it to be your brother or your sister, you know what I mean?	Jealousy	126
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.	Positive	201
Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.	Cool	202
I like to collaborate on my music. The creative process is fun, and you get a lot of ideas from having discussions about it. Ultimately, the final decision is mine.		203
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.	Imagination	204
I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.		205
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.		206
You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.		207
I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.		208
You don't have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.		209
My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I'd kiss the screen.		210
I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.		211
We all have the need to feel special.		212
I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.		213
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.		214
We're all driven to premieres or nightclubs and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can't. Well, there's also a velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing our feelings.		215
I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told anybody. I would talk to our animals at home.		216
I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.		217
When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes.		218
Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.		219
People tend to put entertainers on pedestals. We're human beings, just like you. You may see us smiling, and whether we have money or not, we still have bills to pay, we still have our stresses. I think a lot of people want to focus on others' shortcomings to make themselves feel better. And it's a very sad thing.	Sad	220
In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.		221
Some of my battles with weight have been very public. But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my body was being praised, I wasn't happy with what I saw in the mirror or how I felt about myself.		222
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.		223
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.		224
You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.		225
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.		226
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.		301
I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.		302
I have no clue why, but maybe sometimes when there's someone you don't hear from, it's the person you want to hear from the most.		303
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.		304
I have a very strong family.		305
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.		306
I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.		307
That's always - that's been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.		308
Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.		309
I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.		310
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.		311
I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.		312
I do think kids should be kids. You have the rest of your life to be an adult.		313
I was two when we left Indiana, and I don't really remember it that well.		314
Acting was always my first passion.		315
All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.		316
That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.		317
I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.		318
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.		319
I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.		320
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.		321
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.		322
I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.		323
It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.		324
You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.		325
I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.		326
I kinda see everyone as competition.		401
My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.		402
I can be an emotional eater.		403
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.		404
I don't have a lot of friends.		405
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.		406
Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.		407
I was never pushed into the religion by my mother or anyone else. I made up my own mind when I was old enough. I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual.		408
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.		409
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.		410
I don't like to work out, and I get bored easily.		411
When I'm getting ready for a tour, I'll work out with the dancers.		412
I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid, I might add.		413
When we were growing up, all of us kids were vegetarians. No one had asked me to stop eating meat - I just noticed everyone else around me had stopped, so I followed the crew.		414
I get so much energy from the fans.		415
Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin.		416
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.		417

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