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Michael Jackson’s famous quotes
 Life hasn’t been all hunky-dory for one of the most controversial singers of all time- Michael Jackson (MJ), yet the eccentric singer hasn’t bothered to say much to clarify things. But here’s a sneak peek into the intriguing personal and professional life through his famous words.
On his childhood
“Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you`re not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever.”
“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.”
“I remember one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go.”
“I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.”
“Well, you don`t get to do things that other children get to do, having friends and slumber parties and buddies. There were none of that for me. I didn`t have friends when I was little. My brothers were my friends.”
On his family
“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.”
“I just wish I could understand my father.”
“My mother`s wonderful. To me she`s perfection.”
“Me and Janet really are two different people.”
On children
“Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived.”
“Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child.”
“When I see children, I see the face of God. That`s why I love them so much. That`s what I see.”
“I`ve helped many, many, many children, thousands of children, cancer kids, leukemia kids.”
On child abuse accusations
“Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.”
“Because parents have power over children (accusing me). They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn`t him. This is not him.”
“I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.”
“It`s a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It`s not the truth I`m here to say. You know, don`t judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don`t care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.”
On the title ‘Wacko Jacko’
“Yeah, Wacko Jacko, where did that come from? Some English tabloid. I have a heart and I have feelings. I feel that when you do that to me. It`s not nice.”
On the court trial
“Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.”
On love
“I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.”
On Neverland Ranch
“Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There`s a movie theater. Everything that I love is behind those gates. We have elephants, and giraffes, and crocodiles, and every kind of tigers and lions. And - and we have bus loads of kids, who don`t get to see those things. They come up sick children, and enjoy it.”
On his complexion, skin disorder and plastic surgery
“I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it`s something that I cannot help, OK?”
“I`m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.”
“You know, let`s put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn`t be a person left in town.”
On truth behind the star status
“I`m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarrass easily.”
“I`m never pleased with anything, I`m a perfectionist, it`s part of who I am.”
On his principles
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.”
“Let 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.”
“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.”
“The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.”
After the out of court settlement
“They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting.”
Compiled by Ankita Shukla
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