Source: Song Man in the Mirror
Context: I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

“I took my baby on a Saturday bang,
Boy, is that girl with you?
Yes, we're one and the same.
Well, I believe in miracles,
And a miracle has happened tonight,
But if you're thinking about my baby,
It don't matter if you're black or white.”

Michael Jackson

Dangerous (1991)

“Wanna Be Startin' Somethin”

Michael Jackson

Thriller (1982)

“I'm telling you
On what I feel
Gonna catch your mind
Dont shoot to kill
Well, they say the sky's the limit,
And to me that's really true,
But, my friend you have seen nothing,
Just wait 'til I get through.”

Michael Jackson

Bad (1987)

“In our darkest hour, in my deepest despair,
Will you still care? Will you be there?
In my trials and my tribulations,
Through our doubts and frustrations,
In my violence and my turbulence,
Through my fear and my confessions,
And my anguish and my pain,
Through my joy and my sorrow,
In the promise of another tomorrow,
I'll never let you part,
For you're always in my heart.”

Michael Jackson

Will You Be There
Dangerous (1991)

“Skin head Dead head,
Everybody gone bad,
Situation, Aggravation,
Everybody allegation,
In the suite, On the news,
Everybody dogfood,
Bang Bang, Shot dead,
Everybody gone mad”

Michael Jackson

HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)

“Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it — my music, I know I will live forever.”

Michael Jackson

On his musical work
Ebony interview (2007)

“As we walked into the room
There were faces staring, glaring, tearing through me,
Someone said, 'Welcome to your doom,'
Then they smiled with eyes that looked as if they knew me,
This is scaring me.”

Michael Jackson

This Place Hotel
Triumph (1980)

“Billie Jean is not my lover,
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one,
But the kid is not my son.”

Michael Jackson

Billie Jean
Thriller (1982)

“This is what you love. This is your obsession, I know what it's like to be different. Embrace it.”

Michael Jackson

“I know my race. I just look in the mirror. I know I'm black.”

Michael Jackson

Remarks at National Action Network headquarters (9 July 2002)

“Get on the floor and dance with me,
I love the way you shake your thing especially.”

Michael Jackson

Get on the Floor (co-written with Louis Johnson)
Off the Wall (1979)

“I don't care what you talkin' 'bout baby.
I don't care what you say.
Don't you come walkin' beggin' back mama.
I don't care anyway.
Time after time I gave you all of my money.
No excuses to make.
Ain't no mountain that I can't climb baby.
All is going my way.”

Michael Jackson

Bad (1987)

“People always told me, 'Be careful what you do,
Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts,'
And momma always told me, 'Be careful who you love,
Be careful what you do, 'cause a lie becomes the truth.”

Michael Jackson

Thriller (1982)