Quotes from Michael Jackson

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.

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.

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.

Your cameras can't control the minds of those who know, that you'll even sell your soul just to get a story sold.

Songwriting is a very frustrating art form. You have to get on tape exactly what's playing inside your head

No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.

You ain't seen nothing yet, and the best is yet to come.

Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive.

That's what's great about show business. It's escapism. You pay your five bucks to get in and sit there and you're in another world. Forget about the problems in the world. It's wonderful.

In my business you cant trust anyone because you dont know whos your friend. Becoming successful means you become a prisoner

you give me fever from miles around ill pick you up in my car and well paint the toown

I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.

I'm really very self-confident when it comes to my work. When I take on a project, I believe in it 100%. I really put my soul into it. I'd die for it. That's how I am

Remember my strong advice, just remember to always think twice.

Some miners would have 20 pints after a hard day in the mine. Now that we sit behind computers all day, this is down to 18 or 19 pints.

One day my dad said, "If you guys ever stop singing, I'll drop you like a hot potato." That's what he said. It hurt me. You don't say that to children and I never forgot it.

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.

If the angels took me from this earth I would tell them bring me back to her. It's a chance I'll take, maybe I'll stay. Heaven can wait.

Look who's standing if you please, 'though you tried to bring me to my knees.

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 can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

My fans truly are a part of me, we share something that most people will never experience.