7 Michael Jackson Quotes on Art

Michael Jackson quotes on art

19. I don't think that Mr [Jarvis] Cocker truly understood what I was doing. It wasn't like I was saying 'I am Jesus', I was just drawing some parallels between Christ and me, like maybe I was sent here to spread the good news through dancing. I wouldn't say I have a messiah complex. ~From a statement released after Cocker nearly interrupted his performance of Earth Song during the 1996 Britt Awards.

22. I always wanted to do music that influences and inspires each generation. Lets face it, who wants mortality? ~Michael Jackson on how he creates memorable music, Ebony Magazine December 2007.

23. Ever since I was a little boy, I would study composition. And it was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that influenced me the most. If you take an album like Nutcracker Suite, every song is killer, every one. So I said to myself, 'Why can't there be a pop album where every...' - People used to do an album where you'd get one good song, and the rest were like B-sides, they'd call them 'album songs' - and i'd say to myself 'Why can't every one be like a hit song? Why can't every song be so great that people would want to buy it if you could release it as a single?. So I always tried to strive for that. That was the purpose for the next album. ~Michael Jackson on influences, Ebony Magazine December 2007.

30. When I get on stage, I don't know what happens. It feels so good, it's like the safest place in the world for me.

36. When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

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40. He is what every artist looks up to...to be... one time become the next King of Pop.

44. He's sort of a fawn in a burning forest. It's a nice place where Michael comes from. I wish we could all spend some time in his world.