Jackson: "I put real pressure on myself and I demand the best out of myself."

Jackson: "We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment."

Jackson: "I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better."

Jackson: "I think my image gets distorted in the public's mind. They don't get a clear or full picture of what I'm like, despite the press coverage I mentioned early. Mistruths are printed as fact, in some cases, and frequently only half of a story will be told. The part that doesn't get printed is often the part that would make the printed part less sensational by shedding light on the facts."

Jackson: "My attitude is if fashion says it's forbidden, I'm going to do it."

Jackson: "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."

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

Jackson: "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."

Jackson: "I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily."

Jackson: "I deserve a fair trial, like every other American citizen. A large amount of ugly, malicious misinformation has been released to the media about me."

Jackson: "I'd like to just keep going and inspire people and try new things that haven't been done."

Jackson: "I wouldn't be happy doing just one kind of music or label ourselves. I like doing something for everybody... I don't like our music to be labelled. Labels are like ... racism."

Jackson: "Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit."

Jackson: "I go to museums and learn and study. I don't do sports - it's dangerous. There's a lot of money being counted on, and we don't want to risk anything. My brother hurt his leg in a basketball game and we had to cancel the concert, and just because of him having an hour of fun, thousands of people missed the show, and we were being sued left and right because of a game. I don't think it's worth it ... I try to be real careful."

Jackson: "Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons."

Jackson: "I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?"

Jackson: "Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel."

Jackson: "That’s why I hate to take credit for the songs I’ve written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it’s been done and I’m just a courier bringing it into the world."

Jackson: "It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music."

Jackson: "People think they know me, but they don't. Not really. Actually, I am one of the loneliest people on this earth. I cry sometimes, because it hurts. It does. To be honest, I guess you could say that it hurts to be me."

Jackson: "Me and Janet really are two different people."

Jackson: "I have always felt compassion for the planet. Sometime I just start to get emotional. I cry because I can almost feel the pain in the air. I put it in words and in song and in dance I think that is what artistry is."

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

Jackson: "I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved. I become the victor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave. I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known. I keep on dancing then, it is the eternal dance or creation. The creator and creation merge into one wholeness of joy. I keep on dancing and dancing...and dancing. Until there is only...the dance."

Jackson: "It all went by so fast, didn't it? I wish I could do it all over again, I really do."

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."

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

[On Neverland]

Jackson: "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."

Jackson: "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."

Jackson: "I've never seen a performer create electricity with an audience like James Brown. He's got everybody in his hands and whatever he wants to do with them, he does it. It's amazing. I've always thought he was underrated."

Jackson: "When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I see."