Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

Michael Jackson, the ‘King of Pop’, was an iconic American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Over his four-decade career, he made groundbreaking contributions to music, dance, and fashion, and became a global figure in popular culture. Known for hit songs like ‘Thriller’ and his innovative music videos, Michael Jackson’s legacy continues to inspire artists across genres.

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About the Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jacksonwas an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the “King of Pop”, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a four-decade career, his contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture. Jackson influenced artists across many music genres. Through stage and video performances, he popularized street dance moves such as the moonwalk, which he named, and the robot.

He was the eighth child of the Jackson family, and made his public debut in 1964 with his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5and was the first artist to have a top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades. His honors include 15 Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and 39 Guinness World Records, including the “Most Successful Entertainer of All Time”. Jackson’s inductions include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fameand the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.

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Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. He was known as the ‘King of Pop’ and is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.

Some of Michael Jackson’s most famous songs include ‘Thriller’, ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Beat It’, and ‘Bad’. He is known for producing numerous hit singles and selling over 500 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

Michael Jackson’s music videos, including those for ‘Beat It’, ‘Billie Jean’, and ‘Thriller’, are credited with breaking racial barriers and transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. He helped popularize MTV and continued to innovate with his video productions.

From the late 1980s, Michael Jackson became a figure of controversy and speculation due to his changing appearance, relationships, behavior, and lifestyle. He was accused of child sexual abuse, but was not indicted due to lack of evidence, and was later acquitted of further allegations in 2005.

When Michael Jackson died in 2009 while preparing for a comeback concert series, his death triggered reactions around the world, creating unprecedented surges of internet traffic and a spike in sales of his music. His televised memorial service was estimated to have been viewed by more than 2.5 billion people.

Michael Jackson’s honors include 15 Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and 39 Guinness World Records, including the ‘Most Successful Entertainer of All Time’. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, as well as the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Dance Hall of Fame.

Through his stage and video performances, Michael Jackson popularized and named several iconic dance moves, such as the moonwalk and the robot, which became part of the mainstream popular culture and influenced many artists across different genres.

42 Quotes by Michael Jackson

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    I’ve helped many, many, many children, thousands of children, cancer kids, leukemia kids.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I’d hide my face in the dark, I wouldn’t want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  4. 4.

    I just wish I could understand my father.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    My mother’s wonderful. To me she’s perfection.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    Me and Janet really are two different people.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  10. 10.

    I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it’s something that I cannot help, OK?

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    Well Brooke, I’ve always liked her, and when I was little I used to stay with Diana Ross, me and my brothers stayed with her for years and I never said, but I always had a crush on her.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  15. 15.

    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  16. 16.

    I’m just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    Well, especially now I come to realize – and then – I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I’d record for hours and hours until it’s time to go to sleep.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  21. 21.

    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  22. 22.

    Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  23. 23.

    But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  24. 24.

    When I see children, I see the face of God. That’s why I love them so much. That’s what I see.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  25. 25.

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

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  26. 26.

    Why can’t you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone. It’s very charming. It’s very sweet. It’s what the whole world should do.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    Because parents have power over children. 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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  29. 29.

    Just because it’s in print doesn’t mean it’s the gospel.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  30. 30.

    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  31. 31.

    Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I’m crazy about her.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  32. 32.

    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  33. 33.

    I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  34. 34.

    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

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    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 – I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  36. 36.

    The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  37. 37.

    Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  38. 38.

    I rememeber 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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  39. 39.

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

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  40. 40.

    I’m happy to be alive, I’m happy to be who I am.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  41. 41.

    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.

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)

  42. 42.

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

    Michael Jackson

    American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009)