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

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

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

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...

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

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.

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

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....

People tend to put entertainers on pedestals. We’re human beings, just like you. You may see us smiling, and whether we have money or not, we still have bills to pay, we still have our...

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

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

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.

I’d adopt. And I think that if I’m really supposed to have kids, it will happen, if that’s God’s plan for me.

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

I’m a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.

That’s a part of me going back to what I used to do.

Big sisters and brothers… I am telling you, it never changes.

Some of my battles with weight have been very public. But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my body was being praised, I wasn’t happy with what I saw in...

You can’t hold the record forever, and I know that. I’m not stupid.

I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told anybody. I would talk to our animals at home.

Acting was always my first passion.

I’ve talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.

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...

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

Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It’s me – either how I’m feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It’s all me.

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

That’s always – that’s been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.

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.

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

I have a very strong family.

I like to collaborate on my music. The creative process is fun, and you get a lot of ideas from having discussions about it. Ultimately, the final decision is mine.

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.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.

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

You can tell someone who doesn’t have love in their life, then someone who is in love.

I can be an emotional eater.

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

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...

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.

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

It’s really about being pleased with yourself.

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 always get bored with my hair. That’s why I would always change it throughout my career.

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.

I don’t have a lot of friends.

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.

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...

I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I’m saying this will probably be my last tour. That’s truly the way I’m looking at it.

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...