#real

When I was younger, I thought you had to be in control of your own life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can't let it all fall by the wayside. Later on, I learned that God is really in control of everything. But you still have to put your best foot forward and be the best you can possibly be. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#control #discipline #everything #fall #focus

It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#album #control #i #really #wanted

It's really about being pleased with yourself. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#being #pleased #really #yourself

They're really nice kids. Michael is really raising them properly and right. ↗

— Joseph Jackson

#michael #nice #properly #raising #really

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

#day #dreaming #future #i #laughing

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

#believe #black #book #bother #difficult

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

— LaToya Jackson

#hurt #i #just #now #pain

One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#count #jazz #one thing #playing #real

I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#because #car #crying #did #everything

Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I'd record for hours and hours until it's time to go to sleep. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#come #especially #go #hours #i