Madi’s Reviews > Moonwalk > Status Update

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

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.