Jackson Quotes

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.

Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.

It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

I leave the hip thrusts to Michael Jackson.

Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood.

Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool.

I feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon.

Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me.

MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.

I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.

I love movin'. I was observant growing up, watching Michael Jackson and John Travolta. I'd close my eyes, see the moves.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

There is a certain comfort in waking up and finding that Michael Jackson is still the Big Story. At least it tells you that nothing horrible has happened in the world that would force them to move on to real news.

Michael Jackson will always be my favorite pop musician; he was for years and years until his death, which was horrible to me. So I like pop culture. But to me, even if it's popular, there is a quality in the music you have to be able to appreciate.

I've also been busy doing stuff for Steve Jackson Games.

My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.

I'm in show business... I want to hang out with Janet Jackson, not Jesse Jackson.

Our country was thereby saved from the consequences of its distracting individualistic conception of democracy, and its merely legal conception of nationality. It was because the followers of Jackson and Douglas did fight for it, that the Union was preserved.

The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home.

They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.

Collin Jackson was a little before my time and he was a really good athlete. I've raced with him, but he's now retired. He's a really good role model and someone that I've learnt a lot from.

I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.

I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.

People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him.

My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

Michael Jackson and I talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us.