Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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The American singer Michael Jackson is someone whose pithy observations have become part of everyday conversation. Their thinking spans from Love to Work, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. 29 of Michael Jackson's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Love, Work, Truth, Time, and Great. Start here and see if you agree: "I just wish I could understand my father."

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

— Michael Jackson

Great

All Quotes by Michael Jackson

“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

Sad

“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

Love

“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

Inspirational

“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

Great

“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

God

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

— Michael Jackson

Good

“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

Time

“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

Life

“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

Love

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

— Michael Jackson

Education

“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

Truth

“I just wish I could understand my father.”

— Michael Jackson

Dad

“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

Truth

“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

Car

“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

Business

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

— Michael Jackson

Great