Quotes from Joe Jackson

He'll come back to visit, but not to stay, not to live.

Michael, if he wants an operation on his nose, plastic surgery, hey, he can do it. It's his right.

I fed them every day. So it was a papa that kept food on the table for them. I did that. I did my part.

Michael had Neverland. It was his mission before Michael passed away to create a theme park, and we are taking over that mission.

They're really nice kids. Michael is really raising them properly and right.

If he hadn't done that interview with Bashir, he wouldn't be there now. That was the first time he ever did an interview like that. He was afraid of something like that all along. And it happened.

They didn't treat him right here. I know if I was him, I wouldn't come back.

All I know is, he's a good kid, and he's done right all his life. And he always treats other people right.

This is just the United States. All the rest of the countries, all over the world, are proud of Michael. It's here we have the most trouble out of them.

How could they call him wacko? He's sold more records than anybody in history.

Michael was a type of person the whole family went behind who crossed all borders with his music.

I'm never going to let nobody take those kids. They Michael's kids. They have no right to try to take those kids. It's going to be a big mess over that.

Michael is a kid, sort of, like, I mean, Michael is a kid himself; he's never really grown up.

We know our son. We know he's not a pedophile like some of these newscasters are saying. That is not true.

We didn't make no mistakes. We didn't make no mistakes.

It's all about the money.

He shouldn't be alone at a time like this. This is a special time for me to be around as much as I can. He needs his family and his friends and his fans.

It wasn't easy to get the family to this point. I had to work two jobs. I had all nine kids. I stayed there with them and got them all into show biz. I don't care what anyone else said, I did my job.

In being strict, you were able to control.

Does anyone remember the name of Paul Revere's horse?

It's different for girls.

People sometimes complain that Berliners just sit around all day in cafes, smoking and talking about art. Is that supposed to be a bad thing?

In all the universe I'm just a speck of dust, but all I can do is keep trying.