Janelle Monae
Janelle Monae
Janelle Monáe Robinson, known professionally as Janelle Monáe, is an American musical recording artist, actress, model signed to Bad Boy Records, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records. After making a mark with her first unofficial studio album, The Audition, she publicly debuted with a conceptual EP titled Metropolis: Suite I, which peaked at number 115 on the Billboard 200 in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth1 December 1985
CityKansas City, KS
CountryUnited States of America
Janelle Monae quotes about
I want people to know about these visionary artists. I want people to know what they stand for and (that) they are representing something unique, something fresh. I am just so excited about their careers.
I'm not a politician; I'm an artist.
First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being.
I listen to Prince on my iPad. And I use a Chords & Scales app to warm up before performing.
I take goldenseal, Echinacea and cod liver oil when flying to boost my immune system.
People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.
Perfection is the enemy of greatness
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.
I will not be a slave to my image, nor will I be a slave to anyone else's interpretations of me,
I always carry my classic black-and-white tux and custom-made George Esquivel saddle shoes.
I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything.
It's a big universe. To stay in one tiny place is doing a disservice to yourself.
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 tribe and showing people that we are not all the same, we're not all monolithic. I think that's what it's all about for me.
We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls.