Michael Jackson Quotes

All of us are products of our childhood.

Don't blame it on the sunshine. Don't blame it on the moonlight. Blame it on the boogie.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

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.

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.

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.

All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different dances from the catwalk, to the jitterbug, to the Charleston, to break dancing -\-\ all these are forms of black dancing...What would [life] be without a song, without a dance, and joy and laughter, and music.

As a wise man once said, 'If not us, then who; if not now, then when?'

I believe in the Bible and I try to follow the Bible. I know I'm an imperfect person … I'm not making myself an angel because I'm not an angel and I'm not a devil either. I try to be the best I can and I try to do what I think is right.

Masquerading the heart is the height of haunting souls.

I just wish I could understand my father.

I see God through my children. I speak to God through my children. I am humbled for the blessings He has given me.

I believe in my heart that the music community will come together as one and rally to the aid of thousands of innocent victims, ... There is a tremendous need for relief dollars right now and through this effort each one of us can play an immediate role in helping comfort so many people.

I put real pressure on myself and I demand the best out of myself.

I'm a strong person. I'm a warrior and I know what is inside of me.

I want people to hear or watch something I've done and feel that I've given it everything I've got.

On the brilliance of James Brown's dancing − and the frustrations of bad camera-work on dancers:cers: I think James Brown is a genius you know when he's with the Famous Flames, unbelievable. I used to watch him on television and I used to get angry at the camera-man because whenever he would really start to dance they would be on a close-up so I couldn't see his feet. I'd shout "Show him! Show him!", so I could watch and learn.

Yeah, they are loyal, women. They have been loyal. They are activists. They will fight you about me.

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.

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.

Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.

For me, Love is something very pure.

A perfectionist has to take his time.

She's saying that's ok, Hey baby, do what you want I'll be your night lovin' thing I'll be the freak you can taunt And I don't care what you say I want to go too far I'll be your everything If you make me a star... Dirty Diana

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

There are two kinds of music. One comes from the strings of a guitar, the other from the strings of the heart.

Fred Astaire told me things I will never forget. Gene Kelly also said he liked my dancing. It was a fantastic experience because I felt I had been inducted into an informal fraternity of dancers, and I felt so honored because these were the people I most admired in the world.

I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.

I am scared of my father to this day. My father walked in the room - and God knows I am telling the truth - I have fainted in his presence many times. I have fainted once to be honest. I have thrown up in his presence because when he comes in the room and this aura comes and my stomach starts hurting and I know I am in trouble.

Lift your head up high, and scream to the world. I know I am someone, and let the truth unfurl.

I say, ‘You should blanket me’ or ‘you should blanket her’, meaning like a blanket is a blessing. It’s a way of showing love and caring.

What have we done to the world?....... Look what we've done.

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.

Thinking is the biggest mistake a dancer could make. You have to feel.

I'll never forget that little apple box I stood on because I couldn't reach the microphone. My name was written on it and it's sitting at Diana Ross's house now. She has all my little doodling papers I would draw and write.

Human knowledge consists not only of libraries of parchment and ink - it is also comprised of the volumes of knowledge that are written on the human heart, chiselled on the human soul, and engraved on the human psyche.

Be like children , Not childish BUT childlike.

I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me.

I wanted so badly to play in the park across the street because the kids were playing baseball and football but I had to record.

Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her.

But they told me a man should be faithful, and walk when not able, and fight till the end but I'm only Human.

The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

We can program ourselves to be the person we want to be, whatever the subject matter is, live in it by a mental physical program - a system of learning and doing. Studying all the greats in that field and becoming greater. 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.

You ain't seen nothing yet, and the best is yet to come.

I'm a collector of cartoons. All the Disney stuff, Bugs Bunny, the old MGM ones. It's real escapism, it's like everything's alright. It's like the world is happening now in a far away city. Everything's fine.

They didn't trademark everything back then. Now someone farts and they put a TM after it. Even Miller Lite says 'A Fine Pilsner Beer' on the label. It is a crime.

I can't ignore someone that's in need or is hurting. How can people just turn their heads from something like that.

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.