74 Quotes by 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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