Quote: Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I felt suffocated. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I married him because he told me it was the only way he could protect me. If we were just manager and client, my family could do whatever they wanted to get me back, but if I was his wife, they couldn't. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I told him, 'No way, Jack! I can't marry you. You know what marriage means to me. I've never been in love; I don't even date. It's not right. I don't love you. I don't have feelings for you.' [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: I'm like a flower that's finally opening. I was a closed rose but now the rose is blossoming and I can finally discover who I am. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: It has meant a great deal to me, to Michael and to our whole family. It is truly wonderful to have such amazing and loyal fans! [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: Leaving home was the most difficult decision of my life. I was so sheltered, so overprotected. I was like a child, a mommy's girl, not an adult. I had to leave to find the courage to be my own person. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: Now that it's out, I feel free - like a bird that's been let out of a cage. For the first time in my life, I feel free to live my life, my dreams. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me. [LaToya Jackson]
Quote: Since I've been here, I've worked every single day. I haven't had a day to myself. [LaToya Jackson]