Janet Jackson still expects her late brother Michael to call her, femalefirst.co.uk reports.

The singer — and younger sister of the Thriller star, who died last June from acute Propofol intoxication, at the age of 50 — says her grief gets easier with every day that passes, but she would do anything to hear him speak again.

“It gets sad sometimes because, I don’t know, you think your phone is going to ring and you hear that voice calling your name,” she says.

“But, yeah, life goes on and everybody grieves differently. And every day is different. Some days it’s much easier than others.”

Jackson, 43, also revealed Michael’s untimely passing made her realize she needed to make changes in her life. She said in an interview with Wonderland magazine, “A lot of people in this industry have a lot of ‘yes’ people. That I can tell you I do not have.

“A lot has changed in my life this year, a lot of changes, I think I’m kind of heading in a different direction for sure.”

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