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.

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. As long as you know who you are, everything else will be OK. No one else can intervene or interfere or affect you, because you control your destiny, you control your tone, you control everything in your life.

It's good to do things that are out of the norm.

Growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day.

I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.

That's a very, very touchy subject, domestic violence. I think women don't realize is it's something that's very prevalent. It goes on, on a daily basis.

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