Zitate von Michael Jackson

„Lügen laufen Sprints, aber die Wahrheit läuft einen Marathon.“

—  Michael Jackson

„Why not just tell people I'm an alien from Mars. Tell them I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight. They'll believe anything you say, because you're a reporter. But if I, Michael Jackson, were to say, "I'm an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight," people would say, "Oh, man, that Michael Jackson is nuts. He's cracked up. You can't believe a damn word that comes out of his mouth."“

—  Michael Jackson

http://rocknrollworldmagazine.com/2015/08/82915-rock-history/

„Just because you read it in a magazine,
Or see it on a TV screen
Don't make it factual.“

—  Michael Jackson

Tabloid Junkie
HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)

„What I do when I write is that I'll do a raggedy, rough version just to hear the chorus, just to see how much I like the chorus. If it works for me that way when it's raggedy, then I'll know it will just work… Listen to that, that's at home. Janet, Randy, Me… Janet and I are going "Whoo, Whoo… Whoo, Whoo…" I do that same process with every song. It's the melody, it's the melody that's most important, If the melody can sell me, then I'll go to the next step. The idea is to transcribe from what's in your mentality onto tape. If you take a song like "Billie Jean," Where the bass line is the prominent, dominant piece, the protagonist of the song, the main driving riff that you hear, getting the character of the riff to be just the way you want it to be, that takes a lot of time. Listen, you're hearing four basses on there, doing four different personalities, and that's what gives it character, but it takes a lot of work.“

—  Michael Jackson

On listening to an early version of Billie Jean on an iPhone
Ebony interview (2007)

„Michael Jackson: There's a time for this, and this you should not do. You should not go out and say, 'Oh he's Jacko'. I'm not a "Jacko."“

—  Michael Jackson

I'm "Jackson".
Televised Interview with Barbara Walters(1998)

„Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my childhood?“

—  Michael Jackson

HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)

„What about sunrise, what about rain?
What about all the things that you said we were to gain?
What about flowering fields, is there a time?
What about all the dreams that you said was yours and mine?“

—  Michael Jackson

HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)

„They don't really care about us.“

—  Michael Jackson

They Don't Care About Us
HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)

„Love lives forever.“

—  Michael Jackson

Last title displayed on the film.
This Is It

„Night creatures call.
The dead start to walk in their masquerade.
There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time (they're open wide).
This is the end of your life.“

—  Michael Jackson

Thriller
Thriller (1982)

„If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.“

—  Michael Jackson

Quelle: Song Man in the Mirror
Kontext: 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 want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

„You're a vegetable, you're a vegetable,
Still they hate you, you're a vegetable,
You're just a buffet, you're a vegetable,
They eat off you, you're a vegetable.“

—  Michael Jackson

Thriller (1982)

„I put a lot of mannequins in my room in the past, and I still have mannequins in my room, because I used to be very lonely, painfully lonely. You have no idea. I used to walk the streets looking for people to talk to. I'm talking about the height of one's career…. I would walk up to them, strangers, and say, "will you be my friend?" They'd go, "my god, Michael Jackson!"“

—  Michael Jackson

and that's not what I wanted.
The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See (2002)

„Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the Creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists. I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave. I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known. I keep on dancing and then, it is the eternal dance of creation. The Creator and the creation merge into one wholeness of joy. I keep on dancing — until there is only … the dance.“

—  Michael Jackson

"The Dance" - from inlay sleeve of Dangerous (1991)

„Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war?
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying earth, these weeping shores?“

—  Michael Jackson

Earth Song
HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)

„Love is a feeling,
Give it when I want it,
'Cause I'm on fire,
Quench my desire,
Love is a woman,
I don't want to give in,
Give in to me, give in to me.“

—  Michael Jackson

Give In To Me
Dangerous (1991)

„Billie Jean is not my lover,
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one,
But the kid is not my son.“

—  Michael Jackson

Billie Jean
Thriller (1982)

„Annie, are you OK?
Annie, are you OK?
Are you OK, Annie?
You've been hit by, you've been struck by
A smooth criminal.“

—  Michael Jackson

Smooth Criminal
Bad (1987)

„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

Also used at his funeral (3 Sep. 2009) invitation. Quoted in "Dead stars and classic art will surround Michael Jackson " in CNN.com/entertainment (03 July 2009) http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/michael.jackson.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCOther1