I'll refer to my music in color, like 'This song needs to be bright red.' — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
So thats what I want to do with my music, I want to inspire people creatively and artistically to be free. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I am going to take art more seriously. I most definitely want to leave behind art, and that does not just mean… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I love Fun. They're great guys. They're incredible artists and musicians. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I was constantly involved in music and theatre all through middle school and high school. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Music is an art form that I love dearly, and it's allowed me to bring so many people together and meet so… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
When I got into the music industry, I wasn't focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Some songs you get. Some songs you may not. And I think that's the beauty of art: to question and to ask,… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Part of what my music represents is to stand up and be the voice of those who feel like they are not… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Children go with whatever makes them feel good - like if that's the color green or orange, they do that with their… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I feel like Harriet Tubman, except I am trying to free people through underground music, to free themselves creatively and inspirationally. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about young people first when I'm writing music. Whenever I can reach that young person and inspire them to… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I'm always thinking about that young girl or young boy who doesn't quite know if their music, their messaging, their imaging, their… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
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… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I am going to take art more seriously. I most definitely want to leave behind art, and that does not just mean music. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
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. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
It's hard for me to be serious. I can't really rub oil on me and go all the way with it [laughs]. I hear… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I hope women feel confident with themselves and realize that we don't all have to look alike or be the same size to be… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
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… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I spend a lot of time in the future, But to help the future, sometimes you got to go back to the past, and… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
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… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
