I'm not focused on being perfect. I like trial and error. You learn through uncomfortable experiences. And now I know what doesn't work for me, and I know what does. Janelle Monae More Quotes by Janelle Monae More Quotes From Janelle Monae You cannot police me, so get off my areola Janelle Monae police I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them. Becoming a CoverGirl is truly and 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 beautifulinspirebelieve 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 fashioninspiringbeautiful I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by. Janelle Monae imaginationinspirebelieve 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. Janelle Monae hillswonderenemy 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. Janelle Monae songartthinking When you realize it's your responsibility to be a leader and create the world that you want to see, you have to do it. Janelle Monae leaderresponsibilityworld I wanna scream and dream and throw a love parade / Is that okay? Janelle Monae paradesscreamdream 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. Janelle Monae fearlesscrazystories It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself. Janelle Monae disservicetinybigs First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being. Janelle Monae humansartistfirsts I was made to believe there's something wrong with me. Janelle Monae madebelieve Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play. Janelle Monae balanceplayinspirational I take goldenseal, Echinacea and cod liver oil when flying to boost my immune system. Janelle Monae boostoilflying 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 orangecolorchildren The colors black and white are my uniform, to honor the working class. People like my parents, who were janitors and had to wear a uniform every day. It keeps me grounded. Janelle Monae black-and-whitecolorclass I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be. Janelle Monae believerbeautifulgiving I'm always thinking about that young girl or young boy who doesn't quite know if their music, their messaging, their imaging, their voice is going to pop, if people are going to understand them. So I represent the other and those who feel like they don't even want to be normal. They embrace the things that make them unique. Janelle Monae girluniqueboys Android is a new form of the other, but you can parallel the other to so many different types of people. Even if you don't consider yourself to be the other, at one point in time I'm sure you felt like that. Janelle Monae androidsdifferentpeople People don't ask Jay-Z to take his shirt off when he rhymes. Janelle Monae rhymeshirtspeople
