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.
— Dancing the Dream
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer and philanthropist, dubbed the King of Pop and widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. The eighth of ten children in the Jackson family, he made his public debut at age six as the lead singer of the Jackson 5.
He rose to solo stardom with Off the Wall and reached unprecedented global success with Thriller, which became the best-selling album in history. Through his songs, music videos, concerts and fashion he transformed visual performance in popular music, popularizing dance moves such as the moonwalk. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers. Moonwalk is his most quoted work in our library.
He rose to solo stardom with Off the Wall and reached unprecedented global success with Thriller, which became the best-selling album in history. Through his songs, music videos, concerts and fashion he transformed visual performance in popular music, popularizing dance moves such as the moonwalk. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers. Moonwalk is his most quoted work in our library.
Most quoted works
- Moonwalk 5
I believe we are powerful, but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.
— Moonwalk
Often people just don't see what I see. They have too much doubt. You can't do your best when you're doubting yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?
— Moonwalk
My attitude is if fashion says it's forbidden, I'm going to do it.
— Moonwalk
Whenever I saw a sunset, I would quietly make my secret wish right before the sun tucked under the western horizon and disappeared. It would seem as if the sun had taken my wish with it. I'd make it right before the last speck of light vanished.
— Moonwalk
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.
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true
Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel from each other and their environment.