Janelle Monae Quotes

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Janelle Monae

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 1, 1985

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.

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Black history is part of American history, and it should be treated as such.

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I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.

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One of my mantras is, 'Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.' I keep that with me in my back pocket. Shoot, I keep it in my front pocket! I keep it in my hair.

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I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.

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I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.

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I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an unforgettable way.

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

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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.

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

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It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself.

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

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Donald Trump is trying to build a wall. I'm trying to burn walls down and build more bridges.

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We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls.

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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.

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Some songs you get. Some songs you may not. And I think that's the beauty of art: to question and to ask, to understand the deeper meaning after two or three or four listenings.

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I love the mystery behind things.

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I don't do a lot of collaborations that I don't believe in. Actually, I don't do any collaborations that I don't believe in.

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People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.

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When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was just to make music on my own terms or create my own image, do my own hair, do my own makeup.

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