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“People often misread Michael’s soft-spoken, shy demeanor as lack of confidence. Hardly. My brother is the most self-assured person I know. Once he decides to do something, it’s as if he makes an unbreakable pact with himself. Michael has incredible powers of concentration, and when he puts together a tour, a record or a video, it consumes him.”

--La Toya Jackson on her brother, in her new book “La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family.”