Quote by Janelle Monae Download Open image “I can't pretend, I am not a pretender.” — Janelle Monae ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
Don't pretend to be something you're not, becuase you ARE what you pretend to be. — Anonymous 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
