Michael Jackson

“In my business you can’t trust anyone because you don’t know who is your friend. Becoming successful means you become a prisoner.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe that all people living together in unity is one of the most important messages we can teach our children.” ~ Michael Jackson

“A lot of people misunderstand me. That’s because they don’t know me at all.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I am an Instrument of Nature. Love is my message.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When the world is on your shoulder, got to straighten up your act and boogie down.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Everyone’s Taking Control Of Me Seems That The World’s Got A Role For Me I’m So Confused Will You Show To Me You’ll Be There For Me And Care Enough To Bear Me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“If I could make anything disappear, it would be hate.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Most people don’t know me, that is why they write such things in wich most is not true. I cry very very often because it hurts and I worry about the children, all my children all over the world, I live for them.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Escapism- that’s what I like. I’m not so crazy about the reality of everything.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I have been the artist with the longest career, and I am so proud and honored to be chosen from heaven to be invincible.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The bigger the star, the bigger the target.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The deeper I go into myself, the stronger I become, because I realize that my real self is much bigger than any fear.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Change is inevitable and always good in one sense or the other.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye, but the dance lives on.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Music is my contribution to life. I have my heart in it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I am a slave to the rhythm. I am a palette. I just go with the moment. You’ve got to do it that way because if you’re thinking, you’re dead. Performing is not about thinking; it’s about feeling.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Holding on to love is not wrong, but you need to learn to hold it lightly, caressingly. Let it fly when it wants. When it’s allowed to be free, love is what makes life alive, joyful, and new. As long as love is in my heart, it’s everywhere.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There’s a whole other world in books.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Some of us like to take a walk on the wild side.” ~ Michael Jackson

“We can fly, you know. We just don’t know how to think the right thoughts and levitate ourselves off the ground.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I do believe deeply in perfection. I’m never satisfied.” ~ Michael Jackson

“In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Deep down inside we’re all the same. We all have the same emotions.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and to reach the masses.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m starting with the man in the mirror.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Say what you want, but don’t play games with my affection. Take what you need, but don’t leave me with no direction.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Prejudice is ignorance.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Not the stars, not the farthest solar systems, not the millions of different species of animal life, but the child is the greatest of God’s creations.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I want to always be youthful and have the energy to run around and play hide and seek, which is one of my favorite games.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The purpose of parenting is to provide steady and wide-ranging opportunities for a child. The child does the rest.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I think secretly and privately there is a destiny for me and just for me to stay on that track and follow it. I really believe and feel I am here for a reason and that’s my job, you know, to perform for the people and if they accept it that I am rewarded.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Often people just don’t see what I see. They have too much doubt. You can’t do your best when you’re doubting yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?” ~ Michael Jackson

“Entertainment is about taking people away from the regular order of things when there is some chaos and pain and stress.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Everyday create your history, every path you take you’re leaving your legacy.” ~ Michael Jackson

“If – and it can be in a movie or in a department store – I hear someone arguing with their child, I break down and cry. Because it reflects how I was treated when I was little.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m happy to be alive, I’m happy to be who I am.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Love is the human family’s most precious legacy. Its richest bequest. Its golden inheritance.” ~ Michael Jackson

“A star can never die. It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Feel good about yourself. You have been blessed and you might not have even realized it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“All of us are products of our childhood.” ~ Michael Jackson

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Out of the bliss comes magic, wonderment and creativity.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m a lover not a fighter.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Be careful what you do, because the lie becomes the truth.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The press has made up so much… God… awful, horrifying stories… it has made me realize the more often you hear a lie, I mean, you begin to believe it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Just try to stay a child as long as you can. Don’t force into adulthood.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe in doing better work. Just like the old saying, ‘You don’t get older, you get better’.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m interested in making a path instead of following a trail, and that’s what I want to do in life – in everything I do.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I am Peter Pan. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love you all very; very much and I shall never, ever forget you, I promise.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Before you judge me, ask me about my childhood. And I will ask you about yours.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Feeling free, let us fly, into the boundless, beyond the sky, for we were born to never die…” ~ Michael Jackson

“Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit.” ~ Michael Jackson

“My fans truly are a part of me, we share something that most people will never experience.” ~ Michael Jackson

“There’s bits of my heart in different countries around the world in which I travel.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Wherever you go, in every country, on every continent, people yearn and hunger for one thing: to love and be loved.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Like the Bible says. A child should be leader of them all, and to be led by that kind of innocence. Didnt Jesus say bring on the children? Be like the children. Not childish, but child-like. That kind of innocence.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I think justice is important because there are many injustices in the world and I hate injustice.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a larger share of material items and monetary wealth than others less fortunate. I believe in sharing, assisting, and just lending a helping hand to people.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I could compose and write music and get to share it with the masses and the people around the world and to have them to receive it so beautifully – I love that.” ~ Michael Jackson

“As a wise man once said, ‘If not us, then who; if not now, then when?’” ~ Michael Jackson

“A song is a mantra, something you repeat over and over. We need peace, we need giving, we need love, we need unity. I want the whole world to sing this song.” ~ Michael Jackson

“On many occasions when I am dancing I’ve felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists !” ~ Michael Jackson

“My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.” ~ Michael Jackson

“If you came to see the truth, the purity, it’s here inside a lonely heart.” ~ Michael Jackson

“You ain’t seen nothing yet, and the best is yet to come.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I would just go in my room and just scream out of anger because I didn’t understand how a person could be so vicious and mean.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Sometimes when you’re treated unfairly it makes you stronger and more determined. I admire that kind of strength. People who have it take a stand and put their blood and soul into what they believe.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Look deep within yourself, and you’ll find something amazing.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m trying to imitate Jesus in the fact that he said to be like children, to love children, to be as pure as children and to make yourself as innocent and to see the world through eyes of wonderment and the whole magical quality of it all.” ~ Michael Jackson

“But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God’s creation embraces me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love Switzerland. It’s so clean and cool. We don’t get much snow where I live so I get real excited in Lausanne and Geneva. I’d like to buy a house there when I’m older and settle down. It’s all so cute that it looks like a movie set.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe I’m one of the loneliest people in the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Wherever you go – in every country, or in every continent, people yearn and hunger for only one thing, to love and be loved. Love transcends international boundaries and heals the wounds of hatred, racial, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The planets are lining up, bringing brighter days.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m Starting With The Man In The Mirror I’m Asking Him To Change His Ways And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change.” ~ Michael Jackson

“If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?” ~ Michael Jackson

“Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.” ~ Michael Jackson

“We listen, we watch, we learn. We open our hearts and we open our minds, open our souls.” ~ Michael Jackson

“To give someone a piece of your heart, is worth more than all the wealth in the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“It’s easy to say I love you with your mouth. But I like when people say I love you with their heart.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Love and help all the children, all the days of your existence. They need us.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I like people who can make you laugh without using vulgarity, or bad words.” ~ Michael Jackson

“And that’s what innocence is. It’s simple and trusting like a child, not judgmental and committed to one narrow point of view. If you are locked into a pattern of thinking and responding, your creativity gets blocked. You miss the freshness and magic of the moment. Learn to be innocent again, and that freshness never fades.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’ve been through hell and back. I have, to be honest, and still I’m able to do what I do and nothing can stop me. No one can stop me, no matter what. I stop when I’m ready to stop. You know, and I’m just saying, you know, I will continue to move forward no matter what.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When children listen to music, they don’t just listen. They melt into the melody and flow with the rhythm. Something inside starts to unfold its wings – soon the child and the music are one.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love to create magic – to put something together that’s so unusual, so unexpected that it blows people’s heads off. Something ahead of the times. Five steps ahead of what people are thinking.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I can’t ignore someone that’s in need or is hurting. How can people just turn their heads from something like that.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I don’t like to see anybody hurt or suffer, especially children.” ~ Michael Jackson

“With just a little love and a little caring, I have seen kids totally turn around. Where you can’t find any cancer at all anymore in their body. I’ve done it a lot of times. I’m not trying to say I’m Jesus Christ. We should just give a little more attention to the power of love and caring and faith and prayer.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There’s a movie theater.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I always want to do music that inspires or influences another generation. You want what you create to live, be it sculpture or painting or music. Like Michelangelo, he said, “I know the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Life songs of ages, throbbing in my blood, have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Ain’t no mountain that I can’t climb, baby.” ~ Michael Jackson

“There was Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, an aloof superstar who had everything and needed no one. And Michael Jackson, the shy kid under the mask, who lacked even a single real friend.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m actually relaxed onstage. Totally relaxed. It’s nice. I feel relaxed in the studio too. I know whether something feels right. If it doesn’t, I know how to fix it. Everything has to be in place and if it is you feel good, you feel fulfilled.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Follow the Golden Rule. Be kind to your neighbors, love them as much as you would love yourself, do unto others…” ~ Michael Jackson

“Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Be humble, believe in yourself, and have the love of the world in your heart.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When you’re strong and good, then you’re Bad.” ~ Michael Jackson

“So I’m leaving Sony, a free agent, owning half of Sony. I own half of Sony’s Publishing. I’m leaving them, and they’re very angry at me, because I just did good business, you know.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Unconditional love is all you have. You can’t overdose on love, you never can. It’s a beautiful thing.” ~ Michael Jackson

“With acting, it’s like becoming another person. I think that’s neat, especially when you totally forget. If you totally forget, which I love to do, that’s when it’s magic.” ~ Michael Jackson

“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” ~ Michael Jackson

“In times like these, we need each other. We must bond together in spirit and in service.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Being on stage is magic. There’s nothing like it. You feel the energy of everybody who’s out there. You feel it all over your body. When the lights hit you, it’s all over, I swear it is.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Nothing’s real ,but all is possible if God is on my side.” ~ Michael Jackson

“How does it feel when you’re alone and you’re cold inside.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Deep in the darkness of passions insanity, I felt taken by lust’s strange inhumanity.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Don’t blame it on the sunshine. Don’t blame it on the moonlight. Blame it on the boogie.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Yeah, Wacko Jacko, where did that come from? Some English tabloid. I have a heart and I have feelings. I feel that when you do that to me. It’s not nice.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Some friends, you only see them when the sun shines… My fans sustained me even in dark days. I owe them everything.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I’d hide my face in the dark, I wouldn’t want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.” ~ Michael Jackson

“It doesn’t matter what blood or race or creed or color. Love is love and it breaks all boundaries and you just see it right away.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I don’t like pop music.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love animals because all they really want from you is love. Too bad that’s even too much to ask for from some people.” ~ Michael Jackson

“There was more to life than the things you could hold in your hands or see with your eyes.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I don’t care if the whole world is against you or teasing you or saying you are not gonna make it. Believe in yourself, no matter what.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I made a terrible mistake. I got caught up in the excitement of the moment. I would never intentionally endanger the lives of my children. I love my children. I was holding my son tight. Why would I throw a baby off the balcony? That’s the dumbest, stupidest story I ever heard.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Whatever you believe, you become.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love great music – it has no color, it has no boundaries.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Beer may cause you to digress – and lead a happier life.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Yet, instead of loving our children more, we install metal detectors in our schools.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I totally enjoy what I’m doing and bringing joy into people’s lives. To me, and if I can bring one second of joy into a child or a grown-up’s life, then I have achieved my lifetime ambition.” ~ Michael Jackson

“And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I’d see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.” ~ Michael Jackson

“No one should judge what I’ve done with my life, not unless they’ve been in my shoes every horrible day and every sleepless night.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I go around the world dealing with running and hiding… I can’t take a walk in the park. I can’t go to the store… I have to hide in the room. You feel like you’re in prison.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Have you seen my childhood? I’m searching for the world that I came from cause I’ve been looking around in the lost and found of my heart.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I do think that marriage can be a wonderful thing if it’s the right thing for the two people involved. I believe in love – very much so – how can you not believe after you’ve experienced it? I believe in relationships. One day, I know I’ll find the right woman and get married myself.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe that through music we can help heal the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I find in animals the same thing I find so wonderful in children. That purity, that honesty, where they don’t judge you, they just want to be your friend. I think that is so sweet.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Drinking really cold beer is like slapping yourself in the face with an ice pick.” ~ Michael Jackson

“People are always saying: ‘They’ll take care of it. The government will. Don’t worry, they will’. They who? It starts with us. It’s us. Or else it’ll never be done.” ~ Michael Jackson

“No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Don’t be afraid to be different.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’ve heard that Black people and Black faces don’t sell magazines, but one day you’re going to beg me to be on there.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love to create. I love to make magic. I love to create the unexpected.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The main thing that I hate the most is ignorance, like the prejudice problems of America. I know it is worse in some other countries. But I wish I could borrow, like from Venezuela or Trinidad, the real love of color-blind people and bring it to America.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love fairytales. I like fantasy a lot, science fiction, I like magic. I like to create magic. I love magic.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Sometimes the heart is so heavy that we turn away from it and forget that its throbbing is the wisest message of life, a wordless message that says, “Live, be, move, rejoice – you are alive!” Without the heart’s wise rhythm, we could not exist.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Needless to say, I love the interaction between the sexes; it is a natural part of life and I love women. I just think that when sex is used as a form of blackmail or power, it’s a repugnant use of one of God’s gifts.” ~ Michael Jackson

“You never know how long you have with someone, so don’t forget to say I love you while you can.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The magic, the wonder, the mystery and the innocence of a child’s heart are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I am going to say something I have never said before and this is the truth. I have no reason to lie to you and God knows I am telling the truth. I think all my success and fame and I have wanted it, I have wanted it because I wanted to be loved. That’s all. That’s the real truth.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I urge all young people to go for their dreams. If they do, many of the world’s problems will be solved.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’ve learned that love is not possessive and I’ve learned that love won’t wait. Now I’ve learned that love needs expression, but I learned too late.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I happen to be colorblind. Racism is not my motto. One day, I strongly expect every color to love as one family.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The Earth we share is not just a rock tossed through space, but a living, nurturing being. She cares for us, she deserves our care in return.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as well with seafood as a dry porter or stout, or accompanies chocolate like an imperial stout. Nothing soothes like a barleywine. These are just a few of the specialty styles of beer.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m just a person who wants to be honest and do good, make people happy and give them the greatest sense of escapism through the talent God has given me. That’s where my heart is, that’s all I want to do. Just let me share and give, put a smile on people’s faces and make their hearts feel happy.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Always believe in yourself. No matter who’s around you being negative or thrusting negative energy at you, totally block it off. Because whatever you believe, you become.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Together, we can make a change in the world. Together we can help to stop racism. Together we can help to stop prejudice. We can help the world live without fear. It is our only hope. And without hope we are lost.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’ll never let you part, for you’re always in my heart.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When you have a special gift you don’t realize it because you think everyone else has the same gift.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Love transcends international boundaries. It heals the wounds of racial hatred, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I have the greatest fans in the world. I love them… All of them, I really do.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Insult me all you want. Judge me as much as you want. Say what you think, everything you want. But one thing. Dont touch my fans.” ~ Michael Jackson

“We are the world, we are the children…” ~ Michael Jackson

“When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Before you Judge me, Try hard to Love me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Oh, no, I think I’d die on my own. I’d be so lonely. Even at home, I’m lonely. I sit in my room and sometimes cry. It is so hard to make friends, and there are some things you can’t talk to your parents or family about. I sometimes walk around the neighborhood at night, just hoping to find someone to talk to. But I just end up coming home.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.” ~ Michael Jackson

“A musician knows hit material. It has to feel right. Everything has to feel in place. It fulfills you and it makes you feel good. You know it when you hear it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The teacher always used me as an example to the class of good English and good storytelling because we all had to write the same stories. But she used to make me go out front – which I hated – and read my story to the class and I would get huge applause. Not because of who I was but because they truly enjoyed the stories I wrote.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The foundation of all human knowledge, the beginning of human consciousness, must be that each and every one of us is an object of love. Before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know of what religion you are a part, you have to know that you are loved.” ~ Michael Jackson

“For me, Love is something very pure.” ~ Michael Jackson

“If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I never think about themes. I let the music create itself. I like it to be a potpourri of all kinds of sounds, all kinds of colors, something for everybody, from the farmer in Ireland to the lady who scrubs toilets in Harlem.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’d say to myself: “This is my dream, this is my wish.” Because a wish is more than a wish. It is a goal. It is something your conscious and subconscious can help make reality.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Culture changes, fashions change, customs change. Great music is immortal.” ~ Michael Jackson

“People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It’s like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Love, joy and peace for the world, that’s what I want… peace for the world and love.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Always appreciate the gift of life! Be happy and have fun!” ~ Michael Jackson

“My life is very complicated. I have a lot of things going on. I am juggling a lot of responsibilities. There is so much going on that it is astounding, it really is.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’ve never asked a girl out in my life, they have to ask me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Planet Earth, gentle and blue With all my heart, I love you. Dancing the Dream by Michael Jackson.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The world should be full of love. Love. Love is the most important thing in the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I see God in the face of children. If there were no children on this Earth, if somebody announced that all kids are dead, I would jump off the balcony immediately. I’m done.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m really very self-confident when it comes to my work. When I take on a project, I believe in it 100%. I really put my soul into it. I’d die for it. That’s how I am.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Start with the man in the mirror. Start with yourself. Dont be looking at all the other things. Start with you.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Damned indecision and cursed pride.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form, all of creation is sound and that it’s not just random sound, that it’s music.” ~ Michael Jackson

“But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Prejudice is taught. If the world were full of only children, it would be a much better place.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Wherever you go, man-made things are man-made, but you’ve got to get out and see God’s beauty of the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Jew me, sue me, everybody do me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When I perform, I lose myself. I’m in total control of that stage. I don’t think about anything. I know what I want to do from the moment I step out there and I love every minute of it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“What one wishes is to be touched by truth and to be able to interpret that truth so that one may use what one is feeling and experiencing, be it despair or joy, in a way that will add meaning to one’s life and will hopefully touch others as well.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Children are loving, they don’t gossip, they don’t complain, they’re just openhearted. They’re ready for you. They don’t judge. They don’t see things by way of color. They’re very child-like. That’s the problem with adults: they lose that child-like quality.” ~ Michael Jackson

“One day my dad said, “If you guys ever stop singing, I’ll drop you like a hot potato.” That’s what he said. It hurt me. You don’t say that to children and I never forgot it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“My attitude is if fashion says it’s forbidden, I’m going to do it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“It’s been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.” ~ Michael Jackson

“They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another.” ~ Michael Jackson

“You know, don’t judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Escapism and wonder is influence. It makes you feel good, and that allows you to do things. You just keep on moving ahead, and you say, ‘God, is this wonderful – do I appreciate it.’” ~ Michael Jackson

“Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it – my music, I know I will live forever.” ~ Michael Jackson

“To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe in wishes and in a person’s ability to make a wish come true, I really do. And a wish is more than a wish… it’s a goal that your conscience and subconscience can help make reality.” ~ Michael Jackson

“All over the walls of my room are pictures of Peter Pan. I’ve read everything that Barrie wrote. I totally identify with Peter Pan, the lost boy from Never Neverland.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I am committed to my art. I believe that all art has as its ultimate goal the union between the material and the spiritual, the human and the divine. I believe that to be the reason for the very existence of art.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Look beyond yourself…” ~ Michael Jackson

“We can help the world live without fear. It is our only hope, and without hope we are lost.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The fans don’t know how much I love them so. It really can get to a hurting feeling inside due to how strong I love them all.” ~ Michael Jackson

“We are Germans. We are Armenians. French, Italian, Russian, American, Asian, African… many other nationalities. We are Christians, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu. We are black, we are white. We are a community of some many differences, so complex and yet so simple. We do not need to have war!” ~ Michael Jackson

“I have always felt compassion for the planet. Sometime I just start to get emotional. I cry because I can almost feel the pain in the air. I put it in words and in song and in dance I think that is what artistry is.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Mama always told me, be careful what you do, don’t go around breaking young girls hearts.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed and I embarass easily.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I wasn’t aware that the world thought I was so weird and bizarre. But when you grow up, like I did, in front of 100 million people since the age of 5, you’re automatically different.” ~ Michael Jackson

“What happened to truth? Did it go out of style?” ~ Michael Jackson

“I know who I am inside and outside, and I know what I want to do. And I will always go with my dreams.” ~ Michael Jackson

“You have to be loyal and true to one another, or your love will never last!” ~ Michael Jackson

“Creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize your neighborhood. And whosoever shall be found without the soul for getting down, must stand and face the hounds of hell, and rot inside a corpse’s shell.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The idea is to take it a step forward and innovate. Or else why am I doing it? I don’t want to be just another can in the assembly line. I want to create – do something that is totally different and unusual.” ~ Michael Jackson

“It all went by so fast, didn’t it? I wish I could do it all over again, I really do.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Somebody once said it’s the SOUL that matters.” ~ Michael Jackson

“But they told me a man should be faithful, and walk when not able, and fight till the end but I’m only Human.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When you want to be close to me, listen to the music. The love is stored there and will not die.” ~ Michael Jackson

“People think they know me, but they don’t. Not really. Actually, I am one of the loneliest people on this earth. I cry sometimes, because it hurts. It does. To be honest, I guess you could say that it hurts to be me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I just can’t conceive of how a person could hate another because of skin color. I love every race on the planet earth.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe in love. It’s beautiful when it’s right. My love life is like my music.” ~ Michael Jackson

“My deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me… the joy I receive in creating my music.” ~ Michael Jackson

“That’s what’s great about show business. It’s escapism. You pay your five bucks to get in and sit there and you’re in another world. Forget about the problems in the world. It’s wonderful.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Tell the angels no, I don’t wanna leave my baby alone I don’t want nobody else to hold you That’s a chance I’ll take Baby I’ll stay, Heaven can wait No, if the angels took me from this earth I would tell them bring me back to her It’s a chance I’ll take, maybe I’ll stay Heaven can wait.” ~ Michael Jackson

“No matter what age you are, if you have it and you know it, then people should listen to you.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe in the Bible and I try to follow the Bible. I know I’m an imperfect person, I’m not making myself out to be an angel. Because I’m not an angel & I’m not a devil either. I try to be the best I can and I try to do what I think is right. It’s that simple.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I want to tell the children of the world, you are all our children, each one of you is my child and I love you all.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love my fans to pieces. They’re with me. They get it, you know? They get what I’m saying.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Beat me, hate me, you can never break me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Who will dance on the floor in the round?” ~ Michael Jackson

“Thinking is the biggest mistake a dancer could make. You have to feel.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I put real pressure on myself and I demand the best out of myself.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Each day I take time out to study the Bible, no matter where I am. The teachings of the Bible have added a new dimension to my life. It, somehow, makes me whole.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I try to be kind and generous, and to give to people, and to do what I think God wants me to do.” ~ Michael Jackson

“You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true.” ~ Michael Jackson

“A wish is more than a wish, it’s a goal. It’s something your conscious and subconscious can help make reality.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe we are powerful but we don’t use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.” ~ Michael Jackson

“You can’t hurt me, I found peace within myself.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m going to search for my star until I find it. It’s hidden in the drawer of innocence, wrapped in a scarf of wonder.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m willing to forgive the press, or forgive anybody, I was taught to love and forgive, which I do have in my heart.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Please go for your dreams. Whatever your ideals, you can become whatever you want to become.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m a gentleman, call me old fashioned if you want.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.” ~ Michael Jackson

“But if you don’t have that memory of being loved, you are condemned to search the world for something to fill you up. But no matter how much money you make or how famous you become, you will still feel empty. What you are really searching for is unconditional love, unqualified acceptance. And that was the one thing that was denied to you at birth.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I wake up from dreams and go, Wow, put this down on paper. The whole thing is strange. You hear the words, everything is right there in front of your face.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Success definitely brings on loneliness. People think you’re lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that’s not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There’s a whole new world in books. If you can’t afford to travel, you travel mentally through reading. You can see anything and go any place you want to in reading.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Peace. That’s what I want all around the world, everywhere I go I always do the peace sign with my fingers.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we’re a show business family and we all work.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Just because it’s in print doesn’t mean it’s the gospel.” ~ Michael Jackson

“There’s nothing that can’t be done if we raise our voice as one.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Its all for love… L.O.V.E.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m always Peter Pan in my heart.” ~ Michael Jackson

“There’s a Mother’s Day and there’s a Father’s Day, but there’s no Children’s Day. It would mean a lot. World peace.” ~ Michael Jackson

“We need to put love back into the world remind the world that love is important. We’re all one.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I am here in spirit with you and you are in my prayers. Remember God is with you, and have faith in the fact that this too shall pass.” ~ Michael Jackson

“My mission is healing, pure and simple.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I believe in God… .I gain strength from God. I believe in Jehovah, God, very much… .I believe in God and love God.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people – be like the fly on the wall. Even if it’s two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don’t know what it’s like to fit in an everyday life situation.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I was taught to be Biblical: “Forgive them for they know not what they do.”” ~ Michael Jackson

“We only live once, since we are given the gift of life it should be our persistent endeavor to immortalize ourselves no matter what field of endeavor we choose.” ~ Michael Jackson

“If politicians can’t do it, I want to do it. We have to do it. Artists, put it in paintings. Poets, put it in poems, novels. That’s what we have to do. And I think it’s so important to save the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When they say the sky’s the limit to me that’s really true.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I think about our planet. I mean how to make it a better planet. The global warming issue is a concern to me very much. Just make the world a better, happier place. It’s our home. I’d like to see us do a better job of taking care of it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“You know I’m bad, I’m bad. You know it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I love the whole world of dance, because dancing is really the emotions through bodily movement. And however you feel, you just bring out the inner feeling through your mood… people don’t think about the importance of it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I said if you’re thinkin’ of being my brother, it don’t matter if you’re black or white.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Just because you read it in a magazine or see it on a TV screen doesn’t make it factual. To buy it is to feed it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“It’s a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It’s not the truth I’m here to say. You know, don’t judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don’t care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I want to continue to grow. To me, the biggest sin of all sins, is to be given a gift, a talent, because it’s actually a gift from God, to take that and not cultivate it and make it grow, that’s the biggest sin in the world.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Find your star and throw it up to heaven. You still have it, don’t you?” ~ Michael Jackson

“How would I like to be remembered? As a person who came and brought light to the world, some escapism. Also as the voice for the voiceless children, because I love them.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Music is colorless. It’s for everybody, it’s for the world, it’s for everybody to enjoy.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Music is a mantra that soothes the soul. It’s therapeutic. It’s something our body has to have. It’s very important to understand the power of music.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I just want to bring the world together. Togetherness is what I want for this planet.” ~ Michael Jackson

“It all begins with forgiveness, because to heal the world, we first have to heal ourselves. And to heal the kids, we first have to heal the child within, each and every one of us.” ~ Michael Jackson

“People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Remember,the press is a business: Newspapers and magazines are in business to make money – sometimes at the expense of accuracy, fairness and even the truth.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The lyrics, the strings, the chords, everything comes at the moment like a gift that is put right into your head and that’s how I hear it.” ~ Michael Jackson

“When you know something is wrong for you, you have to make difficult decisions and trust your instincts.” ~ Michael Jackson

“What I enjoy most about performing is making people happy. Just to make a person smile means more to me than anything.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The major ingredient of any recipe for fear is the unknown.” ~ Michael Jackson

“Heal the world! Stop the hate. Lend a helping hand to those in need.” ~ Michael Jackson

“The happiness and the joy that I see in the eyes of the children. They saved my life so I want to, give it back. I’m not joking.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I’m a strong person. I’m a warrior and I know what is inside of me.” ~ Michael Jackson

“I don’t think I’m better than other people, I think I’m different from other people, because I do different things.” ~ Michael Jackson