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I've loved Michael Jackson since the minute I was born. He's probably the most talented person ever. He was able to create such an amazing career and be probably the biggest star we've ever had.

Michael Jackson is so unique, and I look up to him and try to imbibe as much from him and marry it to my own style.

Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.

Michael Jackson has a very good heart. He was crying when he was giving me the award, 'cause his mind went back over the early days.

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

I had the chance to work with Michael Jackson who was as brilliant as they come.

I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.

As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday.

I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of black identity and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s, will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition.

I felt Michael Jackson was inspired a little bit more from the elegance of a Fred Astaire. Michael loved Sammy Davis, Jr. and James Brown and Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. But he wasn't any of those people. To be inspired is one thing, but he made it all his own.