Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Rebbie Jackson

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown is an American singer. She is the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television series The Jacksons. Her sister La Toya was born on her sixth birthday. At age 34, Jackson released her debut album Centipede (1984). The album featured songs written by Smokey Robinson, Prince, and Jackson's younger brother Michael, whose contribution became Rebbie's most successful single release. By the end of the 1980s, the singer had released two more albums in quick succession: Reaction (1986) and R U Tuff Enuff (1988).

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I would like to feel that if I can rear three kids in this world and keep them away from the inferior things that life has to offer, I feel that's truly success.

Rebbie Jackson

Everybody wants to receive a certain amount of satisfaction from whatever employment they're involved in. That doesn't mean happiness, though. And then, if you don't have happiness, that's not success.

Rebbie Jackson

When I first came to California, nobody knew who I was or anything about me. I was a mystery to just about everybody, because most people didn't even know that the Jacksons had another sister.

Rebbie Jackson

I really don't think the success Michael has had, or Janet, has made It harder for me. In many ways it really enhances the situation. I don't have to worry about name recognition, for instance.

Rebbie Jackson

I've been away from home so much, but I'm there a lot, as much as I can be.

Rebbie Jackson

I'm very much the big sister.

Rebbie Jackson

Being a big, big, big star, to me, is not being successful.

Rebbie Jackson

Every performer has to decide for themselves whether they feel they can combine family life and their performing life, and they have to establish a division that makes them happy. I never thought it would be a problem and it hasn't been.

Rebbie Jackson

I've always loved singing, and wanted to do musicals. Watching them as a child was what convinced me that I wanted to be a professional.

Rebbie Jackson

I have to say, for a while, it was very difficult to listen to anything that Michael's voice was on. That's pretty tough to escape. Everywhere you go - food markets, departments stores, TV and radio - they are playing his music.

Rebbie Jackson

My brother, Jackie, and I used to dance all the time.

Rebbie Jackson

He was my brother. I used to walk Michael to school, and I used to walk him to my grandmother's house when he was a little bitty kid because my grandmother babysat him, and she lived a long ways away, and then I would go to a school that was close to her area. I was one of the ones that helped raise him.

Rebbie Jackson

I was the last member of the family to get involved on the professional scene, although music has always been with me.

Rebbie Jackson

The press, when they get a hold of something, they twist things.

Rebbie Jackson

I made my own contacts and I recorded in different studios, and it was something that I did by myself without the assistance and help with my family at first.

Rebbie Jackson

Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Rebbie Jackson

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