We’re all driven to premieres or nightclubs and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can’t. Well, there’s also a velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing our feelings. In this album I’m trying to expose and explore thsoe feelings. I’m inviting you inside my barrier. During my life I’ve been on both sides of the rope. At times, especially during my childhood, I felt left out and alone. At times I felt misunderstood….But no human heard those feelings expressed. They stayed buried in the past. But now the truth has to come out, and for me, the truth takes the form of a song.
- Janet Jackson on recording The Velvet Rope
