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.
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Michael Jackson Citations
Michael Jackson: Citations en anglais
Childhood
HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Bad (1987)
“The way you make me feel,
You really turn me on,
You knock me off my feet,
My lonely days are gone.”
The Way You Make Me Feel
Bad (1987)
Bad (1987)
“Get on the floor and dance with me,
I love the way you shake your thing especially.”
Get on the Floor (co-written with Louis Johnson)
Off the Wall (1979)
Dancing the Dream (1992), also used in his funeral invitation. Quoted in "Dead stars and classic art will surround Michael Jackson" in CNN.com/entertainment (3 July 2009) http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/michael.jackson.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCOther1
“I know my race. I just look in the mirror. I know I'm black.”
Remarks at National Action Network headquarters (9 July 2002)
“If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.”
Source: Song Man in the Mirror
Contexte: 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
Who Is It
Dangerous (1991)
On his musical work
Ebony interview (2007)
Press statement (21 July 2003), quoted in "Jackson attacks music piracy bill" in BBC News (22 July 2003) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3085987.stm
Remarks at National Action Network headquarters (9 July 2002)
Will You Be There
Dangerous (1991)
On how he creates memorable music
Ebony interview (2007)