Quotes by Janet Jackson

"I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt."

"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."

"When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes."

"You don't have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory."

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

"I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration."

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

"I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package."

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

"I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants."

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

"My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I'd kiss the screen."

"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."

"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."

"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?"

"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."

"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."

"In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us."

"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."

"I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid."