Top 450 Michael Jackson Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “The press has made up so much... God... awful, horrifying stories... it has made me realize the more often you hear a lie, I mean, you begin to believe it.”

— Michael Jackson

252. “I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a larger share of material items and monetary wealth than others less fortunate. I believe in sharing, assisting, and just lending a helping hand to people.”

— Michael Jackson

253. “I never think about themes. I let the music create itself. I like it to be a potpourri of all kinds of sounds, all kinds of colors, something for everybody, from the farmer in Ireland to the lady who scrubs toilets in Harlem.”

— Michael Jackson

254. “With just a little love and a little caring, I have seen kids totally turn around. Where you can’t find any cancer at all anymore in their body. I’ve done it a lot of times. I’m not trying to say I’m Jesus Christ. We should just give a little more attention to the power of love and caring and faith and prayer.”

— Michael Jackson

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

— Michael Jackson

256. “People write negatives things, cause they feel that’s what sells. Good news to them, doesn’t sell.”

— Michael Jackson

257. “They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another.”

— Michael Jackson

258. “Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?”

— Michael Jackson

259. “Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as well with seafood as a dry porter or stout, or accompanies chocolate like an imperial stout. Nothing soothes like a barleywine. These are just a few of the specialty styles of beer.”

— Michael Jackson

260. “With acting, it’s like becoming another person. I think that’s neat, especially when you totally forget. If you totally forget, which I love to do, that’s when it’s magic.”

— Michael Jackson

261. “There was more to life than the things you could hold in your hands or see with your eyes.”

— Michael Jackson

262. “If I could make anything disappear, it would be hate.”

— Michael Jackson

263. “The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists.”

— Michael Jackson

264. “And the dream we were conceived in will reveal a joyful face... and the world we once believed in will shine again in grace. Then why do we keep strangling life wound this Earth, crucify its soul. Though it’s plain to see, this world is heavenly. We could be God’s glow... Heal the world.”

— Michael Jackson

265. “Creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize your neighborhood. And whosoever shall be found without the soul for getting down, must stand and face the hounds of hell, and rot inside a corpse’s shell.”

— Michael Jackson

266. “Deep in the darkness of passions insanity, I felt taken by lust’s strange inhumanity.”

— Michael Jackson

267. “Like the Bible says. A child should be leader of them all, and to be led by that kind of innocence. Didnt Jesus say bring on the children? Be like the children. Not childish, but child-like. That kind of innocence.”

— Michael Jackson

268. “Just because you read it in a magazine or see it on a TV screen doesn’t make it factual. To buy it is to feed it.”

— Michael Jackson

269. “I wasn’t aware that the world thought I was so weird and bizarre. But when you grow up, like I did, in front of 100 million people since the age of 5, you’re automatically different.”

— Michael Jackson

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270. “Everyone’s Taking Control Of Me Seems That The World’s Got A Role For Me I’m So Confused Will You Show To Me You’ll Be There For Me And Care Enough To Bear Me.”

— Michael Jackson

271. “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.”

— Michael Jackson

272. “Lift your head up high, and scream to the world. I know I am someone, and let the truth unfurl.”

— Michael Jackson

273. “When I perform, I lose myself. I’m in total control of that stage. I don’t think about anything. I know what I want to do from the moment I step out there and I love every minute of it.”

— Michael Jackson

274. “What one wishes is to be touched by truth and to be able to interpret that truth so that one may use what one is feeling and experiencing, be it despair or joy, in a way that will add meaning to one’s life and will hopefully touch others as well.”

— Michael Jackson

275. “I am a slave to the rhythm. I am a palette. I just go with the moment. You’ve got to do it that way because if you’re thinking, you’re dead. Performing is not about thinking; it’s about feeling.”

— Michael Jackson

276. “Beer may cause you to digress – and lead a happier life.”

— Michael Jackson

277. “It’s a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It’s not the truth I’m here to say. You know, don’t judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don’t care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie.”

— Michael Jackson

278. “Escapism and wonder is influence. It makes you feel good, and that allows you to do things. You just keep on moving ahead, and you say, ‘God, is this wonderful – do I appreciate it.’”

— Michael Jackson

279. “But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God’s creation embraces me.”

— Michael Jackson

280. “Have you seen my childhood? I’m searching for the world that I came from cause I’ve been looking around in the lost and found of my heart.”

— Michael Jackson

281. “I believe that all people living together in unity is one of the most important messages we can teach our children.”

— Michael Jackson

282. “Yet, instead of loving our children more, we install metal detectors in our schools.”

— Michael Jackson

283. “I’m actually relaxed onstage. Totally relaxed. It’s nice. I feel relaxed in the studio too. I know whether something feels right. If it doesn’t, I know how to fix it. Everything has to be in place and if it is you feel good, you feel fulfilled.”

— Michael Jackson

284. “Each day I take time out to study the Bible, no matter where I am. The teachings of the Bible have added a new dimension to my life. It, somehow, makes me whole.”

— Michael Jackson

285. “And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I’d see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.”

— Michael Jackson

286. “Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn’t him. This is not him.”

— Michael Jackson

287. “I was taught to be Biblical: “Forgive them for they know not what they do.””

— Michael Jackson

288. “Find your star and throw it up to heaven. You still have it, don’t you?”

— Michael Jackson

289. “I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people – be like the fly on the wall. Even if it’s two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don’t know what it’s like to fit in an everyday life situation.”

— Michael Jackson

290. “Love and help all the children, all the days of your existence. They need us.”

— Michael Jackson

291. “Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form, all of creation is sound and that it’s not just random sound, that it’s music.”

— Michael Jackson

292. “Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.”

— Michael Jackson

293. “The bigger the star, the bigger the target.”

— Michael Jackson

294. “Life songs of ages, throbbing in my blood, have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood.”

— Michael Jackson

295. “What happened to truth? Did it go out of style?”

— Michael Jackson

296. “The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.”

— Michael Jackson

297. “Just because it’s in print doesn’t mean it’s the gospel.”

— Michael Jackson

298. “I go around the world dealing with running and hiding... I can’t take a walk in the park. I can’t go to the store... I have to hide in the room. You feel like you’re in prison.”

— Michael Jackson

299. “The fans don’t know how much I love them so. It really can get to a hurting feeling inside due to how strong I love them all.”

— Michael Jackson

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300. “I want to always be youthful and have the energy to run around and play hide and seek, which is one of my favorite games.”

— Michael Jackson