Quotes from LaToya Jackson

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.

Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.

When I wake up, I always thank God. I'm grateful for another day, and he's allowed me this tiny thing that we should be appreciative of.

I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.

When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.

Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.

I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.

I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!

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.

As far as I'm concerned, my life is just beginning. It's never too late to start over, so this is what I've been doing.

There's a lesson to be learned out of everything we go through in life.

I think life is a learning lesson within itself. I think you should take the best out of everything that you see and that you encounter and make the best of it.

I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.

This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.

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.

J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.

I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.

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.

I'll be honest with you: love is not always what we think it is. It is a roller coaster ride going through this, and it's beautiful at the same time.

I would love to have a rapper on one of my songs, like Ludacris, or the 'it's so hot in here' guy, Nelly.

I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.

When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.

It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.