I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that. It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me.

'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.

Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space. And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face.

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

I'm glad that the lyrics reach people and make them understand that we're all the same, really.

I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.

When children see Michael Jackson they see a human being. When adults see him they see money.