I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.
— Paris Jackson
I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death. He'd try to educate us as much as he could and was always looking out for us. He was very protective.
I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
I want to have a normal high-school experience.
A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'
A lot of people don't like me.
I listen to older music like AC/DC.
I love my dad, and I'm proud to be his daughter.
I want to help people. That's it.
I originally wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. Then I had this huge fear of black holes because my brother learned a bunch of stuff about it, and he's like, 'Oh, yeah, if you go into one you're never coming back.'
I've had a lot of mother figures. But by the time my mom came into my life, it wasn't a 'mommy' thing. It's more of an adult relationship.
I never met anyone before who made me feel the way music makes me feel.
There are a lot of bad people out there.
I know my dad always wanted to heal the world, and so I think it would be great to follow in his footsteps.
I want to be my own person.
I didn't get why I was wearing a mask. But I understand it now - why my dad would want our face to be covered.
Some people try to cyber bully me; they try to get to me with words, but that doesn't really work.
My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker,' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't know he could act. I saw that, and I said, 'Wow, I want to be just like him.'
I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
I consider myself black.
The whole freedom-of-speech thing is great. But I don't think that our Founding Fathers predicted social media when they created all of these amendments and stuff.
Now I see other kids and their parents, and I compare them to my dad. Our dad was a really normal father when he was with us. We would get grounded if we did something bad. He would ground us. He wouldn't call it grounding; he'd just say, 'You're on punishment.' Sometimes we'd be on punishment a lot.
I do have a regular childhood.
You can be, like, a totally different person on camera, and it's fun. You can take on another character, and it's awesome.
Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much.
I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
