Status Updates From Moonwalk

Jak na ten moment Michael mnie zaciekawił

I’ve always adored MJ, but wow this is opening my eyes to how insane his life really was :(

I’ve been accused of being obsessed with my privacy and it’s true that I am.

Why did it take so long to make Bad? The answer is that Quincy and I decided that this album should be as close to perfect as humanly possible. A perfectionist has to take his time; he shapes and he molds and he sculpts that thing until it’s perfect. He can’t let it go before he’s satisfied; he can’t.

Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it’s books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it’s yours. That’s what I’ve always tried to remember.



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In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there’s no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do.



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I still get goose bumps when I hear the Beatles sing “All You Need Is Love.” I’ve always wished that song could be an anthem for the world.

They knew I could have sued them and I could have, but I was real nice about it. Real nice. They gave me $1,500,000 which I immediately donated to the Michael Jackson Burn Center. I wanted to do something because I was so moved by the other burn patients I met while I was in the hospital.


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I still remember how scared those Pepsi executives looked the night of the fire. They thought that my getting burned would leave a bad taste in the mouth of every kid in America who drank Pepsi.


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They were the only ones who accepted the fact that I was no longer little Michael and that I was really the same person inside, even if you didn’t recognize me. I’ve never forgotten that. Kids are great. If I were living for no other reason than to help and please kids, that would be enough for me. They’re amazing people. Amazing.


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You know, when I was going through that bad period with my skin and my adolescent growth spurts, it was kids who never let me down.


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Life is too precious and too short not to reach out and touch the people we can.

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change. Start with the man in the mirror. Start with yourself. Don’t be looking at all the other things. Start with you.

That’s the truth. That’s what Martin Luther King meant and Gandhi too. That’s what I believe.

But once I get to the side of the stage, something happens. The rhythm starts and the lights hit me and the problems disappear. This has happened so many times. The thrill of performing just takes over. It’s like God saying, “Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Just wait. Wait till you hear this. Wait till you see this.”


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There’ve been times right before a show when certain things were bothering me—business or personal problems. I would think, “I don’t know how to go through with this. I don’t know how I’m going to get through the show. I can’t perform like this."



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As I said earlier, there were many changes in my life in the aftermath of Motown 25. We were told that forty-seven million people watched that show, and apparently many of them went out and bought Thriller. By the fall of 1983 the album had sold eight million copies, eclipsing, by far, CBS’s expectations for the successor to Off the Wall.

I was asked a lot of questions about “Muscles,” the song I wrote and produced for Diana Ross. That song fulfilled a lifelong dream of returning some of the many favors she’s done for me. I have always loved Diana and looked up to her. Muscles, by the way, is the name of my snake.

They’d all tell me I was a goofball. But I still wore my white socks, and now it’s cool again. Those white socks must have caught on just to spite Jermaine. I get tickled when I think about it. After Thriller came out, it even became okay to wear your pants high around your ankles again.

My attitude is if fashion says it’s forbidden, I’m going to do it.

And a wish is more than a wish, it’s a goal. It’s something your conscious and subconscious can help make reality.

Many girls want to know what makes me tick—why I live the way I live or do the things I do—trying to get inside my head. They want to rescue me from loneliness, but they do it in such a way that they give me the impression they want to share my loneliness, which I wouldn’t wish on anybody, because I believe I’m one of the loneliest people in the world.

I’m a perfectionist by nature. I like things to be the best they can be. I want people to hear or watch something I’ve done and feel that I’ve given it everything I’ve got. I feel I owe an audience that courtesy.

I have always loved animals and I enjoy reading about them and seeing movies in which they’re featured.

Because show business and my career were my life, the biggest personal struggle I had to face during those teenage years did not involve the recording studios or my stage performance. In those days, the biggest struggle was right there in my mirror. To a great degree, my identity as a person was tied to my identity as a celebrity.