- He always wanted to just bring people together… And the concept came about holding hands, like uniting, making this long chain, people getting together…that connection as one. … "This life don’t last forever" (verse from song) ... you gotta make the best of it and leave something behind that people can really cherish.
Akon, on the unreleased song "Hold My Hand"
- You're an angry dancer. There's rage in your feet.
Fred Astaire, after watching Jackson's performance at Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (25 March 1983)
-We're close, he's a good friend of mine, we definitely have a connection that most people don't have...
Macaulay Culkin, "Young Adult Fiction" (March 5, 2006)
- In some ways Michael reminds me of the walking wounded. He's an extremely fragile person. I think that just getting on with life, making contact with people, is hard enough, much less to be worried about whither goest the world.
Jane Fonda in "Michael Jackson - Life in the magical kingdom",Rolling Stone (17 February 1983)
- He was so energetic that at five years old, he was like a leader. We saw that. So we said, 'Hey, Michael, you be the lead guy.' The audience ate it up. He was into those James Brown things at the time, you know. The speed was the thing. He would see somebody do something, and he could do it right away.
Jackie Jackson in "Michael Jackson - Life in the magical kingdom",Rolling Stone (17 February 1983)
- It was sort of frightening. He was so young. He didn't go out and play much. So if you want me to tell you the truth, I don't know where he got it. He just knew.
Katherine Jackson in "Michael Jackson - Life in the magical kingdom",Rolling Stone (17 February 1983)
- He is a very smart cookie, Michael. He knows what he wants, he knows what he is doing. I have nothing but admiration. Also, he is a very kind person.
Elton John, interviewed on 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll (1 May 1998)
- I'm upset at the way he's being treated in the media. I think they're really trying to slander his name, and I really think that's unfair for the way that he's contributed to the American culture since the day he was born. I think he deserves much more than that.
Alicia Keys, "Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, Ludacris Denounce Treatment Of Jackson" (November 21, 2003)
- What I'm asking is whether this is still a country where a peculiar person such as Michael Jackson can get a fair shake and be considered innocent until proven guilty ... or is this just a 21st-century American barnyard where we all feel free to turn on the moonwalking rooster ... and peck it to death?
Stephen King, in "You Don't Know Jackson" (13 February 2004)
- This came down to a prosecutor either so sure Jackson was bad or so offended by Jackson's combination of celebrity and wackiness that he rushed into a case that looked shaky from hello. It looked worse as Tom Sneddon went along, and had become nearly ludicrous by the time Jackson's ex-wife left the stand. No matter how pure Sneddon's motives may have been (and I'm not saying they were, believe me), he began to look like a man pursuing a vendetta, one whose chief hope of securing a conviction lay in the obvious fact that the trial was a sideshow and the accused was ... well, a freak.
The media first turned the trial into a freak-show by emphasizing Jackson's peculiarities rather than his humanity, and stoked the ratings with constant, trivializing coverage while other, far more important stories went under-reported or completely ignored in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Washington, D.C. The press might respond by saying, We gave the people what they wanted. My response would be, My job is to give them what they want.
When he steps into a recording studio, it's Michael Jackson's job to give them what they want. Your job is to give the people what they need.
Stephen King, in "The Sideshow Has Left Town" (14 June 2005)
- I always looked up to him--and my dad--since I was a little boy.
Lil' Romeo, "Re-Beat It" (August 24, 2001)
- He dances with the breathtaking verve of his predecessor James Brown, the beguiling wispiness of Diana Ross, the ungainly pathos of Charlie Chaplin, the edgy joy of a man startled to be alive
Jim Miller, as quoted in Newsweek (16 July 1984)
- He is not Peter Pan. He is a full-grown freak. And he must pay.
Andrea Peyser, "Guilty: Don't Let the Freak Fool You". New York Post (March 2005), after two days of trial testimony in People v. Jackson
- We stand up and the judge leaves, and Michael turns to me and says, "Bob, the jury system is much older than 200 years, isn't it?" I said, 'Well, yeah, it goes back to the Greeks." He says, "Oh yeah, Socrates had a jury trial, didn't he?" I said, "Yeah, well, you know how it turned out for him." Michael says, "Yeah, he had to drink the hemlock." That's just one little tidbit. We talked about psychology, Freud and Jung, Hawthorne, sociology, black history and sociology dealing with race issues. But he was very well read in the classics of psychology and history and literature.
Bob Sanger, one of Michael Jackson's lawyers during his 2005 trial, in "Michael Jackson's Lawyer, Bob Sanger, Talks to West Coast Sound About the Pop Star, His Life -- and His Reading Habits" (25 June 2005)
- He's sort of a fawn in a burning forest. It's a nice place where Michael comes from. I wish we could all spend some time in his world.
Steven Spielberg, "Why He's a Thriller" (March 19, 1984)
- Everyone's thinking they're the new W. Axl Rose, just running their mouths and living in this world where nothing is real. Like, it's really easy to write a couple of songs, but that doesn't mean you get to run your mouth. The only guy who can do that is Michael Jackson. He wrote Thriller, so he can say whatever the fuck he wants.
Pete Wentz, "Fall Out Boy/ Killers Beef Gives Birth To A Song" (October 7, 2005)
- I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him. I don't care what people say about him now because he's a fucking genius. That's it - the end!
Amy Winehouse, "Frank opinions" (27 February 2004)
Akon, on the unreleased song "Hold My Hand"
- You're an angry dancer. There's rage in your feet.
Fred Astaire, after watching Jackson's performance at Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (25 March 1983)
-We're close, he's a good friend of mine, we definitely have a connection that most people don't have...
Macaulay Culkin, "Young Adult Fiction" (March 5, 2006)
- In some ways Michael reminds me of the walking wounded. He's an extremely fragile person. I think that just getting on with life, making contact with people, is hard enough, much less to be worried about whither goest the world.
Jane Fonda in "Michael Jackson - Life in the magical kingdom",Rolling Stone (17 February 1983)
- He was so energetic that at five years old, he was like a leader. We saw that. So we said, 'Hey, Michael, you be the lead guy.' The audience ate it up. He was into those James Brown things at the time, you know. The speed was the thing. He would see somebody do something, and he could do it right away.
Jackie Jackson in "Michael Jackson - Life in the magical kingdom",Rolling Stone (17 February 1983)
- It was sort of frightening. He was so young. He didn't go out and play much. So if you want me to tell you the truth, I don't know where he got it. He just knew.
Katherine Jackson in "Michael Jackson - Life in the magical kingdom",Rolling Stone (17 February 1983)
- He is a very smart cookie, Michael. He knows what he wants, he knows what he is doing. I have nothing but admiration. Also, he is a very kind person.
Elton John, interviewed on 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll (1 May 1998)
- I'm upset at the way he's being treated in the media. I think they're really trying to slander his name, and I really think that's unfair for the way that he's contributed to the American culture since the day he was born. I think he deserves much more than that.
Alicia Keys, "Alicia Keys, LL Cool J, Ludacris Denounce Treatment Of Jackson" (November 21, 2003)
- What I'm asking is whether this is still a country where a peculiar person such as Michael Jackson can get a fair shake and be considered innocent until proven guilty ... or is this just a 21st-century American barnyard where we all feel free to turn on the moonwalking rooster ... and peck it to death?
Stephen King, in "You Don't Know Jackson" (13 February 2004)
- This came down to a prosecutor either so sure Jackson was bad or so offended by Jackson's combination of celebrity and wackiness that he rushed into a case that looked shaky from hello. It looked worse as Tom Sneddon went along, and had become nearly ludicrous by the time Jackson's ex-wife left the stand. No matter how pure Sneddon's motives may have been (and I'm not saying they were, believe me), he began to look like a man pursuing a vendetta, one whose chief hope of securing a conviction lay in the obvious fact that the trial was a sideshow and the accused was ... well, a freak.
The media first turned the trial into a freak-show by emphasizing Jackson's peculiarities rather than his humanity, and stoked the ratings with constant, trivializing coverage while other, far more important stories went under-reported or completely ignored in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Washington, D.C. The press might respond by saying, We gave the people what they wanted. My response would be, My job is to give them what they want.
When he steps into a recording studio, it's Michael Jackson's job to give them what they want. Your job is to give the people what they need.
Stephen King, in "The Sideshow Has Left Town" (14 June 2005)
- I always looked up to him--and my dad--since I was a little boy.
Lil' Romeo, "Re-Beat It" (August 24, 2001)
- He dances with the breathtaking verve of his predecessor James Brown, the beguiling wispiness of Diana Ross, the ungainly pathos of Charlie Chaplin, the edgy joy of a man startled to be alive
Jim Miller, as quoted in Newsweek (16 July 1984)
- He is not Peter Pan. He is a full-grown freak. And he must pay.
Andrea Peyser, "Guilty: Don't Let the Freak Fool You". New York Post (March 2005), after two days of trial testimony in People v. Jackson
- We stand up and the judge leaves, and Michael turns to me and says, "Bob, the jury system is much older than 200 years, isn't it?" I said, 'Well, yeah, it goes back to the Greeks." He says, "Oh yeah, Socrates had a jury trial, didn't he?" I said, "Yeah, well, you know how it turned out for him." Michael says, "Yeah, he had to drink the hemlock." That's just one little tidbit. We talked about psychology, Freud and Jung, Hawthorne, sociology, black history and sociology dealing with race issues. But he was very well read in the classics of psychology and history and literature.
Bob Sanger, one of Michael Jackson's lawyers during his 2005 trial, in "Michael Jackson's Lawyer, Bob Sanger, Talks to West Coast Sound About the Pop Star, His Life -- and His Reading Habits" (25 June 2005)
- He's sort of a fawn in a burning forest. It's a nice place where Michael comes from. I wish we could all spend some time in his world.
Steven Spielberg, "Why He's a Thriller" (March 19, 1984)
- Everyone's thinking they're the new W. Axl Rose, just running their mouths and living in this world where nothing is real. Like, it's really easy to write a couple of songs, but that doesn't mean you get to run your mouth. The only guy who can do that is Michael Jackson. He wrote Thriller, so he can say whatever the fuck he wants.
Pete Wentz, "Fall Out Boy/ Killers Beef Gives Birth To A Song" (October 7, 2005)
- I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him. I don't care what people say about him now because he's a fucking genius. That's it - the end!
Amy Winehouse, "Frank opinions" (27 February 2004)
No offense pls! Dont continue reading if you are a hater...
YEP! He's ALIVE! Just like you had read! Michael Jackson fake his death for some important reasons... And ''Soon and very soon, we are going to see the king''...again... If you believe about the hoax... You are so called a ''ARMY OF LOVE'' a.k.a ''beLIEver''!! Please beLIEve in me! Every single thing was a hoax!! This is not a joke... It's true..! Noticed the video clip after the credits in This Is It? He said ''LET ME BREATHE IN MY OWN TIME THEN I WILL COME BACK IN. I HAVE TO BUTTON MY SHIRT, MY JACKET OR WHATEVER IT IS. MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. SNAP MY FINGERS MAYBE, THEN BAM!!!'' and the Gilda remake! And everything in This is It!!
People have different beliefs and I respect that... NO MORE WAR! Heal The World... Remember, It's All For Love... <3
YEP! He's ALIVE! Just like you had read! Michael Jackson fake his death for some important reasons... And ''Soon and very soon, we are going to see the king''...again... If you believe about the hoax... You are so called a ''ARMY OF LOVE'' a.k.a ''beLIEver''!! Please beLIEve in me! Every single thing was a hoax!! This is not a joke... It's true..! Noticed the video clip after the credits in This Is It? He said ''LET ME BREATHE IN MY OWN TIME THEN I WILL COME BACK IN. I HAVE TO BUTTON MY SHIRT, MY JACKET OR WHATEVER IT IS. MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. SNAP MY FINGERS MAYBE, THEN BAM!!!'' and the Gilda remake! And everything in This is It!!
People have different beliefs and I respect that... NO MORE WAR! Heal The World... Remember, It's All For Love... <3
Ne-Yo, a self-described M.J. fanatic, does a wonderful job being true to himself without turning this into a corny carbon copy. I can see Jackson’s influence. But there’s no crotch-grabbing plagiarism. The smooth mid-tempo cut is the third single from the singer/songwriter’s forthcoming album, Libra Scale. Check out the video to see if Ne-Yo’s charming ways, wizardry, and smooth steps actually win the girl over after the jump.
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Caroline was at the office.. checking some files when the door knocked..
Caroline:"Come in"
It was her boyfriend.. she used to love his visits..
Caroline:"Hi Bernard.. how are u sweety?"
She got up and gave him a kiss
Caroline:"I have some fresh pasta at home.. want to eat dinner with me tonight?"
Bernard:"Emm.. I'm sorry Caroline.. I have lots of work today.. i have to go to work.."
Caroline:"Oh I see... Then I'll eat it myself.."
Bernard:"Now i have to go.. I hope u liked the visit hun"
Caroline:"Yes I did.. Cu.. Bye"
Bernard went away.. Caroline sat on her chair thinking. He never worked at night.. She was suspicious.. She didn't believe him.. What was she going to do?
Caroline:"Come in"
It was her boyfriend.. she used to love his visits..
Caroline:"Hi Bernard.. how are u sweety?"
She got up and gave him a kiss
Caroline:"I have some fresh pasta at home.. want to eat dinner with me tonight?"
Bernard:"Emm.. I'm sorry Caroline.. I have lots of work today.. i have to go to work.."
Caroline:"Oh I see... Then I'll eat it myself.."
Bernard:"Now i have to go.. I hope u liked the visit hun"
Caroline:"Yes I did.. Cu.. Bye"
Bernard went away.. Caroline sat on her chair thinking. He never worked at night.. She was suspicious.. She didn't believe him.. What was she going to do?
Katherine Jackson says she vividly remembers the first time she knew MJ would be a superstar -- and it all harkens back to the time baby Michael danced to the rhythm of an old washing machine.
According to Mama Jackson, the King of Pop-in-a-diaper danced to the rhythm of the family's old Maytag washing machine with "perfect timing" -- and she knew right then and there that her son was destined for greatness.
The video is all part of a longer interview from the website selling Katherine's book -- and we're told you can expect to see the whole thing in a big documentary about MJ's life.
According to Mama Jackson, the King of Pop-in-a-diaper danced to the rhythm of the family's old Maytag washing machine with "perfect timing" -- and she knew right then and there that her son was destined for greatness.
The video is all part of a longer interview from the website selling Katherine's book -- and we're told you can expect to see the whole thing in a big documentary about MJ's life.
I read in a magazine that Michaels's coffin was open and his body was gone. Do you think that this means he rose up and is coming into this world? Or did someone take his body all for his/her own selfish goods? It all remains a mystery. Do you have what it takes to solve it? It all happened so soon... Died at fifty, somebody took Michael out of his expensive coffin, and now his pale, dead body is gone. No one knows where the person is keeping it. It could be you!!! If it is, you know you'll be caught, no doubt. So, I suggest that you 'fess up. It's all fact. I told a few people and they freaked out.
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The first shipment of Katherine Jackson's coffee table book about Michael Jackson isn't exactly flying off the shelves in Gary, Indiana. In fact the books never even made it to the shelves, because they were stolen.
A rep from the publisher, Vintage Pop, tells TMZ they FedEx'd seven boxes of "Never Can Say Goodbye" to the home of a Jackson family friend in Gary ... and they were supposed to end up for sale at the new MJ monument. But someone absolutely, positively wanted them so badly, they stole them right off the front steps of the house where they were left.
A rep from the publisher, Vintage Pop, tells TMZ they FedEx'd seven boxes of "Never Can Say Goodbye" to the home of a Jackson family friend in Gary ... and they were supposed to end up for sale at the new MJ monument. But someone absolutely, positively wanted them so badly, they stole them right off the front steps of the house where they were left.