27 Janelle Monae Quotes for You to Enjoy

Janelle Monae

American Musician

Born: Dec 1, 1985

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You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation. Janelle Monae

Beautiful You Expectation Others Only Beautiful Things Without Many Things

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique. Janelle Monae

I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers. Janelle Monae

Women Feathers Rich Enjoy Dressed How Jewels

I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that shows it off will be a distraction from the music. That's how my signature uniform, my tuxedo, came about. It's classic and timeless. You'll see me in black, white, and a pop of color on my lips. That pop adds a little magic. Janelle Monae

Music Great Me You Seriously Will Black White Adds Signature Distraction See Wearing Classic Magic About Color Taken How Came Off Timeless Lips Artist Want Anything Little Uniform Really Pop Body Tuxedo Shows

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play. Janelle Monae

Work You Balance Everything About Without Any Play

I've been very blessed to have worked with two incredible directors - Barry Jenkins on 'Moonlight' and Ted Melfi on 'Hidden Figures' - and it was a collaborative effort in shaping my characters, Teresa and Mary. Janelle Monae

Blessed Incredible Collaborative Hidden Moonlight Characters Directors Mary Shaping Been Very Effort Worked Figures Barry Ted Two

I love the mystery behind things. Janelle Monae

Love Mystery Behind Things

I love Fun. They're great guys. They're incredible artists and musicians. Janelle Monae

Love Great Musicians Incredible Guys Artists Fun

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. Janelle Monae

Me Go Away Ambition Sit Own Think Gifts Would My Own Given Could Allow Had Go Just Realized Creator Away Actually

It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. Janelle Monae

People Think Female Female Artists Lot Artists African-American Anything Unfortunate Default

Becoming a CoverGirl is truly an honor and a gift. It opens up a new platform for me to inspire women to feel stronger, braver and more beautiful inside and out. Janelle Monae

Beautiful Me Women Gift Inspire Honor Stronger Out Inside More Feel New Opens Becoming Truly Up Braver Platform

I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything. Janelle Monae

You Everything Like Know Least Go Closet Four

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

Me Favorite Scare Like Attracted Hitchcock Movie Psycho Things

Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their clothes. As I've grown older, everything reversed. My music, my personality - onstage those things became my colors. Janelle Monae

Music Good Feel Good Personality Whatever Clothes Older Everything Those Color Onstage Colors Feel Like Became Makes Go Reversed Green Orange Children Them Grown Things

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

Work Day Every Day People Every Reach Message Want Who Each

I won't sit here and say I've never had a pimple, but I try to have a really great diet, you know, lots of vegetables and fish. And I think stress plays a huge part too. Janelle Monae

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

Day Every Day Every Months Plane

I've gotten scripts over the years, but I believe it was the stories of 'Moonlight' and 'Hidden Figures' that really touched my heart and aligned with the messages that I felt were extremely important to me. Janelle Monae

Me Heart Important Believe Aligned Extremely Hidden Moonlight Touched Over Messages Felt Gotten Were Years Stories Scripts Really Figures

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