Gifts and talents Quote 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…

— Janelle Monae

Perfection is the enemy of greatness

— 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.

— 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.

— 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…

— Janelle Monae

People don't ask Jay-Z to take his shirt off when he rhymes,

— 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…

— 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…

— Janelle Monae

I was made to believe there's something wrong with me,

— 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…

— Janelle Monae

I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women.

— Janelle Monae

You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation.

— Janelle Monae