Janelle Monae Quotes

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Janelle Monae

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 1, 1985

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.

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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.

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

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Once you find what you like, it's like it worked yesterday, it works today, it'll work tomorrow.

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Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder to Rachmaninoff. I just love great music.

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I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing... creating... it's in my DNA.

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Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.

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I'm inspired by the words: 'electrifying', 'epic', 'minimalistic', 'transcendent', 'timeless' and 'rock n' roll.'

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I'll refer to my music in color, like 'This song needs to be bright red.'

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I've cried over string arrangements.

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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.

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When I was growing up, both my grandmothers would play the organ, and we would all sing.

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

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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.

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I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be.

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

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I always carry my classic black-and-white tux and custom-made George Esquivel saddle shoes.

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I take goldenseal, Echinacea and cod liver oil when flying to boost my immune system.

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I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.

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

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