Top 100 Janet Jackson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The pain is necessary. Sometimes pain is the teacher we require, a hidden gift of healing and hope.”

— Janet Jackson

2. “Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to...”

— Janet Jackson

3. “I love you – but don’t touch me.”

— Janet Jackson

4. “I’m fine the way I am. There’s nothing wrong with me.”

— Janet Jackson

5. “I’m scared to fall in love, afraid to love so fast, cuz everytime I fall in love, it seems to never last.”

— Janet Jackson

6. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

7. “To a world sick with racism, get well soon.”

— Janet Jackson

8. “I’m convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.”

— Janet Jackson

9. “The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.”

— Janet Jackson

10. “My first name ain’t baby, it’s Janet, Miss Jackson if you’re nasty.”

— Janet Jackson

11. “Tie me up, tie me down, make me moan real loud.”

— Janet Jackson

12. “You can never be happy until you understand why you’re doing what you’re doing.”

— Janet Jackson

13. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

14. “You’ve made love to my mind, now you gotta take me from behind.”

— Janet Jackson

15. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

16. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

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

— Janet Jackson

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

— Janet Jackson

19. “Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.”

— Janet Jackson

20. “I can feel your body pressed against my body. When you start to poundin’, love to feel you throbbin’.”

— Janet Jackson

21. “I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don’t believe in things like guilt.”

— Janet Jackson

22. “Bound together by our beliefs, we are like minded individuals, sharing a common vision, pushing toward a world rid of color lines.”

— Janet Jackson

23. “Too many lives go up in smoke – It’s nice to laugh but don’t be the joke.”

— Janet Jackson

24. “Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he’s gone, the more young people appreciate his art. ‘What’s Going On’ was a work of genius far ahead of it’s time.”

— Janet Jackson

25. “I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.”

— Janet Jackson

26. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

27. “Fear is the one emotion that unleashed can destroy anything and anyone.”

— Janet Jackson

28. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

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

— Janet Jackson

30. “I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.”

— Janet Jackson

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

— Janet Jackson

32. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

33. “Does what you think of you determine your worth?”

— Janet Jackson

34. “I’ve always been a tomboy. I’ve always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.”

— Janet Jackson

35. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

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

— Janet Jackson

37. “You don’t know how many people come up to me and say, ‘This child was conceived listening to you.’”

— Janet Jackson

38. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

39. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

40. “It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.”

— Janet Jackson

41. “I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.”

— Janet Jackson

42. “Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can’t feel it, I won’t do it.”

— Janet Jackson

43. “I feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored that complexity rather than turn it into gossip or ridicule? Wouldn’t it be great if we accepted sexual diversity, in ourselves and others, without condemning it?”

— Janet Jackson

44. “I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.”

— Janet Jackson

45. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

46. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

47. “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.”

— Janet Jackson

48. “I have a very strong family.”

— Janet Jackson

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49. “People can have rhinoceros skin, but there’s a point when something’s going to hurt you.”

— Janet Jackson

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

— Janet Jackson