Quotes by Janelle Monae

About Janelle Monae:

Janelle Monáe Robinson is an American musical recording artist signed to Bad Boy Records, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records. After making a mark with her first unofficial studio album, The Audition, she debuted publicly with a conceptual EP titled Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase), which peaked at number 115 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

I've cried over string arrangements.

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way.

Janelle Monae

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.

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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.

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

Bring wings to the weak and bring grace to the strong May all evil stumble as it flies in the world All the tribes comes and the mighty will crumble We must brave this night and have faith in love

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

Janelle Monae

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

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

Janelle Monae

Author Bio

  • NameJanelle Monae
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer
  • BornDecember 4, 1985
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Composer