"I love ET 'cos it reminds me of me. Someone from another world coming down and you becoming friends with them and this person is, like, 800 years old and he's filling you with all kinds of wisdom and he can teach you to fly. That whole fantasy thing which I think is great. I mean, who don't wanna fly?"
Interview in Smash Hits, January 20, 1983
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"I'd slit my wrists rather than hurt a child. I could never do that. No-one will ever know how much these wicked rumours have hurt me."
Daily Mirror interview in 1999
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"Our parents taught us to always be respectful and, no matter what you do, to give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best."
USA Today interview 2001
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"My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad."
Speech at Oxford Union
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"I see God in the face of children. If there were no children on this Earth, if somebody announced that all kids are dead, I would jump off the balcony immediately. I'm done."
TV documentary by Martin Bashir, February 2003
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"When you just look out over the stage, as far as the naked eye could see, you see people. And it's a wonderful feeling, but it came with a lot of pain, a lot of pain."
Speaking to Ebony magazine in 2008
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"The truth is, umm, no. Not the way James Brown did, or Jackie Wilson did, where they just ran it out, they killed themselves. In my opinion, I wish (Brown) would have slowed down and been more relaxed and enjoyed his hard work."
When asked by Ebony about whether he would carry on performing into old age.
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Michael, I see God when I look you! You are a man, an angel and a saint all in one. You are out of this world - you are the best that there will ever be! You deserved and still deserve to be loved as a God!
I wish you had slowed down and been more relaxed. I wish you had enjoyed your hard work. How ironic that I want for you, what you once wanted for your idols. But still this hurts more than I can express, 'cause you are not my idol - you are my EVERYTHING....since I was a kid, now and forever, I love you, adore you and miss you....
Dette indlæg er redigeret af Mike's Moonwalker: 29 September 2010 - 02:51 PM