Janelle Monae Quotes

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• Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.

  Janelle Monae

  Unique, Embrace, Uncomfortable

  "Amandla Stenberg and Janelle Monáe Open Up About Racism and Where They Were During the Election". Interview with Amandla Stenberg, www.teenvogue.com. August 15, 2017.

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• 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 be unafraid to make mistakes.

  Janelle Monae

  Badass, Mistake, Fearless

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. i didn't have to become perfect because I've learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

  Janelle Monae

  Unique, Journey, Greatness

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• I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.

  Janelle Monae

  Inspirational, Believe, World

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• Beauty is about enhancing what you have. Let yourself shine through.

  Janelle Monae

  Shining

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• I will not be a slave to my image, nor will I be a slave to anyone else's interpretations of me.

  Janelle Monae

  Slave, Interpretation, Be A Slave

  "Janelle Monáe: 'I'm a time traveller. I have been to lots of different places'". Interview With Kate Mossman, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2013.

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• Silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon.

  Janelle Monae

  Silence, Enemy, Sound

  "Janelle Monae: 'Silence is our enemy, and sound is our weapon'" by Brittany Vickers, edition.cnn.com. October 22, 2015.

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• I really just want to encourage and inspire people to use their freedom in a positive way and in a way that is inspiring to other people. I want to continue to pass down the seeds of change within the world. I think that it can start with just one person. Just like a rumor can get carried on, so can inspiration.

  Janelle Monae

  Inspiration, Thinking, People

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• Things might not go as planned, but at the end of the day it’s up to me to take those risks and do what I love most. And I don’t owe anybody an explanation. My journey is my journey.

  Janelle Monae

  Journey, Risk, The End Of The Day

  "Going Androidgenous With Janelle Monáe". Interview with Victoria Rossi, www.motherjones.com. November 29, 2010.

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• Don’t get high off praises, and don’t get too low on critiques.

  Janelle Monae

  Getting High, Praise, Lows

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

  Janelle Monae

  Beautiful, Expectations, Beautiful Things

  "Janelle Monae Talks New CoverGirl Gig, Signature Style And Being Fearlessly Beautiful". Interview With Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 20, 2012.

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• Even if it makes others comfortable, I will LOVE who I am

  Janelle Monae

  Who I Am, Ifs, Comfortable

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• It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself.

  Janelle Monae

  Tiny, Bigs, Disservice

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• When you realize it's your responsibility to be a leader and create the world that you want to see, you have to do it.

  Janelle Monae

  Responsibility, Leader, World

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• Perfection is often the enemy of greatness.

  Janelle Monae

  Greatness, Perfection, Enemy

  "CoverGirl Janelle Monáe Isn't Afraid to Fail". Interview with Hayley Mason, www.totalbeauty.com.

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• I speak about androids because I think the android represents the new 'other.' You can compare it to being a lesbian or being a gay man or being a black woman ... What I want is for people who feel oppressed or feel like the 'other' to connect with the music and to feel like, 'She represents who I am.'

  Janelle Monae

  Gay, Men, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not focused on being perfect. I like trial and error. You learn through uncomfortable experiences. And now I know what doesn't work for me, and I know what does.

  Janelle Monae

  Perfect, Uncomfortable, Focused

  Source: feeds.glamour.com

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• Part of what my music represents is to stand up and be the voice of those who feel like they are not heard and want to be treated with respect regardless of race, color, orientation - android, cyborg, whatever.

  Janelle Monae

  Voice, Race, Color

  "Going Androidgenous With Janelle Monáe". Interview with Victoria Rossi, www.motherjones.com. November 29, 2010.

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• You cannot police me, so get off my areola

  Janelle Monae

  Police

  FaceBook post by Janelle Monáe from Apr 01, 2015

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• 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

  Thinking, Creating, Goal

  "Janelle Monáe Has Something to Say" by Rebecca Sinn, www.glamour.com. June 30, 2011.

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• 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 beautiful. I hope they feel like representing what it means to be an individual and to remain comfortable in your own skin.

  Janelle Monae

  Beautiful, Mean, Skins

  Source: feeds.glamour.com

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• There are some groups that for years and years have not gotten the rights that the majority of human beings have, and I think that it's important to continue to draw these parallels so that when we think about our future we can change some of the lives of people who love differently than we do, look different than we do, who come from a different class. It's all about bringing awareness to how important it is to be accepting of people...and there will be oppression if one group thinks they're more important or superior.

  Janelle Monae

  Thinking, Rights, Years

  "Janelle Monáe on The Electric Lady and Bo Diddley". Interview with Eric Thurm, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2013.

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• I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.

  Janelle Monae

  Believe, Imagination, Inspire

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• I wanna scream and dream and throw a love parade / Is that okay?

  Janelle Monae

  Dream, Scream, Parades

  Song: Primetime, Album: The Electric Lady, 2013

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• Android is a new form of the other, but you can parallel the other to so many different types of people. Even if you don't consider yourself to be the other, at one point in time I'm sure you felt like that.

  Janelle Monae

  People, Different, Androids

  "Janelle Monáe on The Electric Lady and Bo Diddley". Interview with Eric Thurm, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2013.

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