Quotes by 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.
• 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.
• I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.
• 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.
• It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
• I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.
• When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
• 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.
• He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend.
• I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.
• I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.
• I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise.
• 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.
• When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
• This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated.
• Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.
• I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.