248 Quotes by Janet Jackson

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.

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

Damita Jo. Jo. That’s my middle name. It’s let in about the different characters that live within me. They say we have 200 characters that we portray with different people.

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.

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

I’m just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it’s going to get unfixed.

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 velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing our feelings.

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.

If I wasn’t singing, I’d probably be, probably an accountant.