Latoya 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

I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing. — LaToya London

The hair on the back of Kiara's neck stood up. Did they know about Chris? Since becoming a couple last year, the two worked hard at keeping their relationship under wraps. She wasn't ashamed, just cautious. Copper Road University was a Southern school and certain types of relationships were frowned upon. She kept her love life under wraps out of a love of privacy. She also didn't want it to interfere with becoming a Kappa. While on the national level the organization prided itself on its diverse membership, on the local level everyone may not be so accepting. — LaToya Hankins

Jasmine apologized and said she was sorry and said she loved me, she couldn't believe it and said she thought it would be her. All of them were really, really sorry that it happened to me. — LaToya London

Comparing in the past years, Tamyra Gray and everyone else that didn't win but their careers are doing well. — LaToya London

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

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

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

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

OMG Danita, it's hopeless out here, I moaned while we sat watching her son's football game. I did not want to laugh, but he looked so cute struggling to run up the field bearing his weight in equipment. As he worked on his Heisman's highlight reel, the
cheerleaders, including his sister Nia, shook their pom-poms as if casting
out demons. — LaToya Hankins

We will go on tour, that will be a boost for me. After that I can focus on LaToya. If I didn't have them, so many people would be coming at me right now and I wouldn't know what to do. — LaToya London

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me. — LaToya London

And I looked closer and it totally did say Latoya. But in my defense, it looked like "Labia" from a distance. Much like tacos. Or Georgia O'Keeffe paintings. — Jenny Lawson

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

First off, it's wonderful how much people are supporting me and felt I should have stayed in the competition. — LaToya London

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

Love and lust are both four letter words that start with L, but they don't appear in the dictionary side by side so we shouldn't have to think they go hand in hand in life. — LaToya Hankins

Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me. — LaToya London

2006 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically. — LaToya London

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

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

Prayer is the easiest form of communication with God. — LaToya Murchison

Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career. — LaToya London

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

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

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's funny, we all really, really got along. I don't know how it was in years past but this year, I was really with a good group of people. No one tried to sabotage each other or steal the other ones moments. — LaToya London

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

I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future. — LaToya London

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 used to date Latoya for awhile, I was a close freind of the family. — Kurtis Blow

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 think she has more gospel style than I do. I think I'm more, umm, you know mainstream I guess. I don't know if we split the vote. That could be possible but I don't think we are the same at all. — LaToya London

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

She brought me closer to God than ten
summers of Vacation Bible School. — LaToya Hankins

As we chatted, cracking the expected jokes at Danita's expense, I thought about how Danita let her search for
the real her take a physical shape while mine seemed to be taking a more internal shape. At least with my exploration, I didn't have to worry about how I'm going to pay for it, since just like cosmetic surgery isn't covered by most insurance plans,neither is searching for your true sexuality. — LaToya Hankins

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 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

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

Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed. — LaToya London

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

Actually, 19 is in charge of our career at that point. FOX publicity is in charge of the publicity that we get. I'm fine with it, it is really organized. — LaToya London

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

Randy said I could call him for anything, Paula said that she loved me and said how much of a star I was. Simon was like, keep up the good work and I'll have nothing to worry about. — LaToya London

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

Don't look to anyone else to validate your greatness; they never able to capture everything that make you shine. — LaToya Hankins

The road to hell may be paved with good intentions but the path to misery is cobbled with trying to live up to other people's status updates — LaToya Hankins

Right now the focus is the album that is released and then the tour coming up. After the tour they will let us know about the options and offers that came in for us. — LaToya London

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

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

I want to get into movies, not just TV series. — LaToya London

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

I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us. — LaToya London

I think what was frustrating to see a lot of good people go. You don't picture it, you don't imagine it, don't think it could happen. When it does, you are puzzled. — LaToya London

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

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

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

Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will. — LaToya London

People love to see reactions, they love to see emotions that come about. — LaToya London

This may sound funny but somewhere in the back of my mind I thought the world would stop for my first day of JH. The day proved me wrong and I've grown to realize that nothing will be quite as I dreamed them up. — Latoya Hunter

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

I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles. — LaToya London

I would love to do a Broadway play. I would love to do big screen also, motion picture. — LaToya London

People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time. — LaToya London