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 JacksonWhen I look into the eyes of my Prince, and my daughter Paris, I see miracles and I see beauty.
Michael JacksonThe 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 JacksonMusic is colorless. It's for everybody, it's for the world, it's for everybody to enjoy.
Michael JacksonThe 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 JacksonI trembled to think of a world without stars. No guide for the sailor to trust at see, no jewels to dazzle our sense of beauty [...] But all around the globe, the air is so dirty and the lights from the cities are so bright that for some people few stars can be seen anymore. A generation of children may grow up seeing a blank sky and asking, "Did there used to be stars there?
Michael JacksonWhen I was small I didn't really know what i was doing. I just sang and it came out sounding pretty good. I just do it and it happens.
Michael JacksonWe 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 JacksonI appreciate all my fans, on all occasions, everyday of my life. Its your presence & your loyalty that has given me great strength
Michael JacksonI don't know what I could do besides sing but I'm not worried because I figure I've got the rest of my life to find out!
Michael JacksonLet 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 JacksonThe deeper I go into myself, the stronger I become, because I realize that my real self is much bigger than any fear.
Michael JacksonI urge all young people to go for their dreams. If they do, many of the worldโs problems will be solved.
Michael JacksonSo popular is beer, the world's best-selling alcoholic drink, that it is often taken for granted. Yet scientific analysis shows that a glass of beer has within it as many aromas and flavors as fine wine. Not everyone understands this, but an increasing number of people do.
Michael JacksonThere are people that I am in love with, totally in love with them. I would die for them. I love Michelangelo. I love Charlie Chaplin with all my heart. I love Walt Disney. These are the people I am nuts over. These are my people. I love the great ones.
Michael JacksonPeople write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.
Michael JacksonThe 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 JacksonSome miners would have 20 pints after a hard day in the mine. Now that we sit behind computers all day, this is down to 18 or 19 pints.
Michael JacksonSometimes 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 JacksonDeep 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 JacksonYou never know how long you have with someone, so donโt forget to say I love you while you can.
Michael JacksonIf 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 JacksonDeep 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. You've heard the expression, music of the spheres? Well, that's a very literal phrase. In the Gospels, we read, "And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." That 'breath of life' to me is the music of life and it permeates every fiber of creation.
Michael JacksonYes, 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 JacksonAnd 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 JacksonI'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 JacksonI look at things and try to imagine what is possible and then hope to surpass those boundaries.
Michael JacksonOnce at a record store in San Francisco, over a thousand kids showed up. They pushed forward and broke a window. A big piece of glass fell on top of this girl. And the girl's throat was slit. She just got slit. And I remember there was blood everywhere. Oh God, so much blood. And she grabbed her throat and was bleeding and everyone just ignored her. Why? Because I was there and they wanted to grab at me and get my autograph. I wonder whatever happened to that girl.
Michael JacksonAs corny as it sounds, natural highs are the greatest highs in the world. The stars, the mountains, children, babies smiling are just magic.
Michael JacksonI 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. ... 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. ... 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 JacksonMy deepest gratitude to the Creator for His gift to me...the joy I receive in creating my music.
Michael JacksonI said if you're thinkin' of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white.
Michael JacksonI'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.
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