LaToya Jackson Quotes & Sayings

When you do the first season, you're putting your life out there and you're kind of hesitant about it, and then by the time you get around to the second season, you don't care. It's like, "This is who I am - like it, accept it, or don't." There are so many misconceptions that now they can see who I am. — LaToya Jackson

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

Liz Taylor was an amazing woman and screen legend. She was an incredible friend to my brother, at his side through some of his most difficult times and of course loved by his children and our family. She will live on in our hearts forever, my prayers go out to her family. — LaToya Jackson

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

It's good to do things that are out of the norm. — LaToya Jackson

Everything starts with the inner being, your inner self - it all comes from you and we so often forget that. We think, "He made me angry." He didn't make you angry; you made yourself angry. Don't allow him to get to your inner space. — LaToya Jackson

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. — LaToya Jackson

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

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

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

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. — LaToya Jackson

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

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. — LaToya Jackson

I knew that there was an underlying thing there that I was never really able to come face to face with. There's a part of me that wants to always protect myself because of what I had gone through. But I learned that you have to let people in. Going to the therapist kind of helped me with that. — LaToya Jackson

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

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

This is a very big victory for Michael and we are all very proud that he has been completely and totally vindicated in court, as we were certain he would be. — LaToya Jackson

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. — LaToya Jackson

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

I've learned what Trump has taught - we need to put our best foot forward and don't let anybody block us from anything that we wish to do or want to do. — LaToya Jackson

He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend. — LaToya Jackson

I can count the number of dates I've had on one hand. I wish that guys would approach me, but they don't. — LaToya Jackson

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

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

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

In the beginning, I didn't realize that I was so open with my feelings, and I had to stop and think to myself, I couldn't possibly be the only one in the world going through this. Perhaps this will help other people when I face my fears and allow people to come into my space. These are the things that I worked through, and in a sense, it's great that I was able to share that, although I was terrified after I realized that I was sharing it with the world. — LaToya Jackson

Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated. — LaToya Jackson

I think spirituality is probably one of the most important things. I feel that I'm a spiritual person and as long as you're walking on that path, you have a communication with God - that's spiritual to me. That spirituality is something that emanates through all of us and is the source energy, and that energy makes everything stronger. — LaToya Jackson

That's one of the things that I say to myself as far as a ritual that I have every day: "What can I do today to make it better than it was yesterday?" — LaToya Jackson

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family. — LaToya Jackson

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. — LaToya Jackson

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

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

I'm a creature of habit and I like to stay in my own little comfort zone, but you have to reach out of that sometimes. And when you do that, you grow. — LaToya Jackson

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

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

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

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

Growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day. — LaToya Jackson

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

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

I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise. — LaToya Jackson

The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art. — LaToya Jackson

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