Jackson Quotes

I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1969, in a time and place where no one was saying, 'Look how far we've come,' because we hadn't come very far, to say the least. Although Jackson's population was half white and half black, I didn't have a single black friend or a black neighbor or even a black person in my school.

The people that become the biggest jokes are people who do not change. They stay the way they were in the past. Look at Michael Jackson, he never evolved.

One thing of the many things that I know about Jesse Jackson, he is persistent.

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.

I really liked watching Bo Jackson run just because of his size and his speed.

I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites.

The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William "Sticky" Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others.

Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.

There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.

Jesse Jackson, when I met him, he had an innocence about him which is still very much a part of him today.

With Jackson there was quiet solitude. Just to sit and look at the landscape. An inner quietness. After dinner, to sit on the back porch and look at the light. No need for talking. For any kind of communication.

I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it.

It was an amazing experience to work with Michael Jackson, who is a legend.

I called the doctor, during writing the book, the psychiatrist who treated me at that time, Dr. Jackson. And I said, Dr. Jackson, whole pieces are missing. I don't understand what happened to me.

The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jesse Jacksons, and they'll just see one, the clown ambulance chaser.

My very first recollection of life on earth was waking up in bed with my mother, and she was showing me a picture of my father, Charles Jackson, with a group of soldiers.

He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend.

Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.

Michael Jackson is the ultimate traffic accident. People can't take their eyes off him.

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays.

It would have been the equivalent of Jackson Pollock's attempts to copy the Sistine Chapel.

The judge gave Michael permission to issue a statement. I think Jackson went way outside the bounds of the judge's intent. It will be interesting to see what the judge does tomorrow in court.

I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson.

Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent.

When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how much I wanted to meet Michael Jackson, so he says, 'Would you like to come and meet him?' I'm like, 'Are you serious? Of course I want to meet Michael Jackson! Where do I meet you? Where do we come?'

It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.

Michael Jackson asked me to sign a Playboy. I was more than happy to.

Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen.

You can make an argument that Bill O'Reilly is a conservative or a Republican. Bill's kind of unpredictable. Somebody might say that he would have been comfortable in the Democratic Party of Scoop Jackson.

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.