Janet Jackson People Quotations

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.

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

Being on 'Good Times' was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn't my family.

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

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.

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.

You can't worry about pleasing other people; you have to please yourself.

All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.

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.

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.

I feel that when two people are married - not that you have to totally give up your career - you have to spend time with one another, get to know each other more, just share things with each other.

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

Just like Marilyn Monroe is a lot of girls' idol, that's how I feel about Dorothy Dandridge. And she any Marilyn were very close friends. She went through a lot, and people told her that she couldn't do certain things, but she didn't let that bother her. She said in her mind that she was going to do them and that nothing was impossible, and she did it. It was so sad... She died from drugs, and drinking as well.

If people want to know the truth, why don't they just come to me and ask?

There is a lot I haven't said that I actually could say. I hope people would find it interesting. I know a lot of people could relate to it.

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.

A lot of times I felt so alone. But I also thought there has to be other people that have experienced either what I have, or close to it.