Michael Jackson Quotes on Music

Michael Jackson was a famous African-American pop singer, dancer and songwriter. He is best known for being the ‘King of Pop’ and for being one of the best selling music artists of all time. Popular Michael Jackson albums include “Off the Wall”, “Thriller”, “Bad”, “Dangerous”, “HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I”, “Invincible”, “Xscape”, “Number Ones”, and “Got to Be There”.

Mini biography: Born Michael Joseph Jackson on the 29th of August, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, United States of America. His mother was Katherine Esther Jackson née Scruse and his father Joseph Walter Jackson managed and promoted his musical children in the Jackson 5 group. Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley) in 1994 and they divorced in 1996. He married his second wife Debbie Rowe in 1996 and they divorced in 1999. They had two children together: Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (Prince) and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson. The musician died from acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on the 25th of June, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, United States at the age of 50. Michael Jackson was entombed at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, USA.

List of Famous Michael Jackson Music Quotes

My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive.. the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance. Michael Jackson

Once the music plays, it creates me. The instruments move me, through me, they control me. Sometimes I’m uncontrollable and it just happens – boom, boom, boom! – once it gets inside you. Michael Jackson

I love art. Whenever we go to Paris I rush to the Louvre. I just never get enough of it! I go to all the museums around the world. I love art. I love it too much, because I end up buying everything and you become addicted. You see a piece you like and you say, Oh God, I’ve got to have this. Michael Jackson

I feel that somewhere, someplace, it’s been done and I’m just a courier bringing it into the world. I really believe that. I love what I do. I’m happy at what I do. Michael Jackson

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

Consciousness expresses itself through creation. This world we live in is the dance of the Creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. Michael Jackson

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe. Michael Jackson

The industry, It’s at a crossroad, There’s a transformation going on. People are confused, what’s going on, how to distribute and sell music. The internet kind of threw everybody for a real loop. Michael 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. Michael Jackson

I was a veteran before I was a teenager. Michael Jackson

Just because it’s in print doesn’t mean it is the gospel. People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell. Michael Jackson

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. They steal. They cheat. They do whatever they can, especially the black artists. Michael Jackson

I believe in God. We all do. We like to be straight, don’t go crazy or anything. Not to the point of losing our perspective on life, of what you are and who you are. Michael Jackson

I respect the secrets and magic of nature. That’s why it makes me so angry when I see these things that are happening, that every second, I hear, the size of a football field is torn down in the Amazon. I mean, that kind of stuff really bothers me. That’s why I write these kinds of songs, you know. It gives some sense of awareness and awakening and hope to people. I love the Planet, I love the trees. I have this thing for trees – the colors and changing of leaves. I love it. Michael Jackson

I am speechless about the idea of putting music fans in jail for downloading music. It is wrong to illegally download, but the answer cannot be jail. Michael Jackson

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