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.
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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 think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.
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
Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated.
LaToya Jackson
Subconsciously it was a test to see if my parents could love me as the woman I was now, not as the little girl they'd tried so hard to make.
LaToya Jackson
I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
LaToya Jackson
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