Michael Jackson is the ultimate traffic accident. People can't take their eyes off him.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Michael Jackson is an accidental civil rights leader - an accidental pioneer. He broke ground and barriers in so many different realms in artistry, in pictures, in movies, in music, you name it.
His name is Michael Jackson, not Super Michael Jackson. He makes mistakes just like all of us.
I feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon.
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.
It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?
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.
I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
And I'm looking at him like, 'Oh my God. This is Michael Jackson'. I fainted, blacked out - like seriously blacked out.
If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place.
Michael Jackson had a stable vision. He had a strong message, not only pop. People just fainted at his concert.