Debbie Rowe

“Michael respected doctors immensely: that they went to school, that they studied... to do no harm.”

“I'm not miserable; please don't misunderstand me. I have a lovely life.”

“Everybody needs a safe place, and it should be their home.”

“It doesn't make it any easier that people form opinions and make judgment calls and think I'm something that I'm not or do things that I don't.”

“I was Michael's best friend.”

“My biggest fears I can't talk about. And my biggest fear is that those fears happen, and I can't stop it.”

“Eventually, people have to realize I'm not different than the person next door, except that more people know my name.”

“Michael and I will always be connected with the kids. I will always be there for him. I will always be there for the children. And people make remarks: 'I can't believe she left her children.' Left them? I left my children? I did not leave my children. My children are with their father, where they are supposed to be.”

“Because you give birth, because you impregnate someone, that does not automatically give you that title of mother or father. You earn the title.”

“My kids don't call me 'Mom' because I don't want them to. They're Michael's children. It's not that they are not my children, but I had them because I wanted him to be a father.”

“Michael Jackson was my friend before he was anything else. I saw him, and I would say, 'Oh my God, I know him...' And I would think, 'I'm so flipping lucky.'”

“I didn't sign on to be a mom.”

“Didn't know I had a half sister until I was 12 or 13. So that was interesting.”

“Michael had a very low pain tolerance, and his fear of pain was incredible. And I think that doctors took advantage of him that way.”

“You know what Michael did? He got me the most fabulous place to live. If you read the tabloids, it's the enclave of the enclave, Beverly Hills, which I have no idea what an enclave is. If it's chic-chic, it's cool.”

“You earn the title 'parent.' I have done absolutely nothing to earn that title.”

“I had eyebrows and eyeliner tattooed, so I have, like, make-up. How lovely is that?”

“I was never cut out to be a mother - I was no good.”

“I don't think I have segments in my life; it runs all together.”

“I don't think there's anything I'm not proud of. I'm happy with pretty much everything I've done.”