123 Quotes by Janelle Monae

I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing... creating... it's in my DNA.

Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder to Rachmaninoff. I just love great music.

I'm attracted to things that scare me, like 'Psycho,' my favorite Hitchcock movie.

Once you find what you like, it's like it worked yesterday, it works today, it'll work tomorrow.

Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.

My message is that I want to reach the people - the people who work each and every day.

I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.

There are months when I'm on a plane every day!

When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.