I'm tired of feeling manipulated. This oppression is real! They are liars and the history books are full of lies. You must know that all popular music, from jazz to rock to hip-hop and then to dance music, is created by black people! But it’s all been pushed into the corner of the history books! You’ve never seen a black person appear on its cover, you’ve only seen Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones, but who are the real pioneers? Ever since I broke records - I broke Elvis records, I broke Beatles records - and then what? They called me a freak, a homosexual, a freak who molested children! They said I bleached my skin and did everything they could to discredit me, it was all a conspiracy! When I stand in front of the mirror and look at myself, I know, I am black! ——Michael Jackson "Bumper Cars" "People wonder why I always like children around me. It's because I find something in them that I never had. You know Disneyland, amusement parks, large amusement machines , I love these things because when I was little I was always working, working, working, going from concert to concert, either in the studio or in the studio, or doing TV shows or interviews or Take pictures, there's always something to do. "The kids we invited were seriously ill - they were bedridden." "At Neverland" "I tried to imitate Jesus, in what He said." That aspect of being like a child, loving a child, being pure like a child and being so innocent and seeing the world through eyes of wonder and magic, and I love it so much. We'll have about a hundred more Here are the bald kids, and they all have cancer, and they're all running around (happily)." Michael's Thoughts on Art "I put myself into my art and I believe that the pinnacle of all art is matter. The perfect union of the human and the divine. I believe this is the reason for the existence of all art." (1993) "Songwriting is a very tiring art form. You have to record the melody that you play in your head. On tape. When I hear a melody in my head, it's so beautiful that I have to transfer it to tape. "The Girl is Mine" isn't exactly what I wanted it to be. He was already pretty good. But "Billie Jean" took me three weeks just to play the bass. Love my family. I wish I could see them more than I do now, but we all understand because we are a showbiz family and we all have our "family days" where we all get together. Together. We pick someone's home, it could be Jermine's home or Marlon's home or Tito's home, and everyone will come together and love each other and talk about who is doing what. etc.)" (1993) "Michael's Thoughts on Cartoons" I am a collector of cartoons. All Disney stuff, Bunny (a work called "Binnie Rabbit"), and old MGM stuff (ForeverMJ Note: MGM is an old American film company, and its logo is a pattern composed of film with a lion's head in the middle) . This is a kind of escaping from reality (ForeverMJ Note: "Escape from reality" is not a derogatory meaning here, it is seen as a behavior of temporarily forgetting reality and relaxing the spirit), as if everything is fine, as if what is currently happening in the real world Everything went to a distant city and everything was fine. "I really like Batman... (but) if I had to pick just one, I would say Morph from 'X-Men,' he can turn into anything... He's always changing shape." I think he can even teleport. These are all interesting and exciting to me. He's not as famous as the others, but that makes him exciting.

That's how it (music) started... You see, we were just making replicas of nature, the sounds that we hear outdoors. (1999) "I am always happy. I don't let anything bring me down, no matter what. I like to listen to the sound of water, the sound of birds and laughter. I like all things that are truly natural and innocent. I don't I would go to parties or go to clubs. I went there so much when I was a kid that I didn’t want to go anymore." (1999)