Janet Jackson Quotes

Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

There's not one person that I say I want to look like.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

It's all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There's no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections - that's what makes you unique.

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.

Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.

I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face.

You've got to recognize, there will never be another you. It has nothing to do with ego; it happens to be the truth. There will never be another person the same. There'll never be another you.

If a person feels like 'They're not acknowledging me'... That's a very important feeling in life, even if it's not romantic.

Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

I've been looking around, and I noticed something: how much you really need to be loved. Ambition isn't just a desperate quest for positions or money. It's just love - lots of love.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

Every girl wants the same thing - to be accepted and loved for who she is.

I don't think about, 'Oh, I'm finally getting my respect,' because I don't care about this.

Why do people need awards? Don't you know your value and your worth? I don't need anybody's award or acceptance.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

I always felt as a kid that I was underappreciated, invisible or weird, but I've always secretly thought people would one day appreciate what is different about me. I'm always putting that message out there.

It's easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you're loved enough, when you have enough money, and you're appreciated.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!

I quite like being who I am.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.