Explore Quotes by Janelle Monae

Lauryn Hill, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Public Enemy - I have a very diverse palate for music. I can go from Judy Garland to Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Wonder to Rachmaninoff. I just love great music.

I've cried over string arrangements.

I take goldenseal, Echinacea and cod liver oil when flying to boost my immune system.

I'm attracted to things that scare me, like 'Psycho,' my favorite Hitchcock movie.

I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.

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.

Redefine what it means to be sexy and what it means to be a woman. Showing my skin is not what makes me sexy. I like skirts and dresses just like everyone else, but I had a message I needed to put out there. It was up to me to show people and young girls there was another way.

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.