Janet Jackson on the teacher who hit her, motherhood, and her celebratory tour

Solaiman FazelJanet Jackson can still remember the first song she wrote.She was nine years old and bored, one rainy afternoon in 1975. Her older brothers – already international megastars – had just returned from an exhausting 10-month world tour. While they recuperated, there was no-one to keep her entertained.Finding herself at a loose end, Janet sneaked into the recording studio in family's backyard in Encino,…