Michael Jackson: Life

Although his status grew beyond the zenith, he always kept his feet firmly planted to the ground. Michael Jackson was pretty much a grounded person, unlike many other celebrities. He had a very sensible and balanced approach towards life and work. Here are Michael Jackson's famous words about work and life.

• (At a social event in Berlin)
  We are Christians, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu, we are black, we are white, we are a community of some many differences, so complex and yet so simple. We do not need to have war.

• And my goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.

• My life is very complicated. I have a lot of things going on. I am juggling a lot of responsibilities. There is so much going on that it is astounding, it really is.

• I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and to reach the masses.

• I don't like pop music.

• I'm a visionary and a creative person. God blessed me with certain talents. I hate to use an analogy, but Walt Disney was creative but not good with business. His brother Roy handled the books. He loved creating family-oriented entertainment and so do I. I feel that was a gift and I have that gift also. I'm very honored to have been chosen.

• If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

• In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

• But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.