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title: "2 Thinking Young Quotes By Janelle Monae"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-m-always-thinking-about-that-young-girl-or-young-boy-who-doesn-t/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/janelle-monae-3903_always-thinking_i-m-always-thinking-about-that-young-gir_225238.png)

> [I'm always thinking about young people first when I'm writing music. Whenever I can reach that young person and inspire them to go after their own dreams, start their own movement just like I did with Wondaland. Starting their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-m-always-thinking-about-young-people-first-when-i-m-writing-music/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/janelle-monae-3903_always-thinking_i-m-always-thinking-about-young-people-f_821971.png)

## More by Janelle Monae

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-just-think-my-own-ambition-would-not-allow-me-to-sit-on-the-gifts/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [Perfection is the enemy of greatness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/perfection-is-the-enemy-of-greatness/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [I am going to take art more seriously. I most definitely want to leave behind art, and that does not just mean music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-am-going-to-take-art-more-seriously-i-most-definitely-want-to-leave/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/it-s-unfortunate-that-a-lot-of-people-think-african-american-female/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/it-s-hard-for-me-to-be-serious-i-can-t-really-rub-oil-on-me-and-go/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [People don't ask Jay-Z to take his shirt off when he rhymes,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/people-don-t-ask-jay-z-to-take-his-shirt-off-when-he-rhymes/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-hope-women-feel-confident-with-themselves-and-realize-that-we-don-t/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-feel-myself-becoming-the-fearless-person-i-have-dreamt-of-being/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [I was made to believe there's something wrong with me,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-was-made-to-believe-there-s-something-wrong-with-me/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [I spend a lot of time in the future, But to help the future, sometimes you got to go back to the past, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-spend-a-lot-of-time-in-the-future-but-to-help-the-future-sometimes/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-have-worn-a-tuxedo-but-i-have-never-covered-up-for-respectability/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/you-are-only-as-beautiful-as-the-many-beautiful-things-you-do-for/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [Beauty is about enhancing what you have. Let yourself shine through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/beauty-is-about-enhancing-what-you-have-let-yourself-shine-through/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-m-always-thinking-about-that-young-girl-or-young-boy-who-doesn-t/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

> [I've cried over string arrangements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-monae/i-ve-cried-over-string-arrangements/)

[Janelle Monae](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-monae/)

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