Michael Jackson is the Most Famous Person on Earth.



Michael (mik -I-el): "One who is like God"

"My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive:
the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.
It's like, my purpose, it's what I'm here for"
- MJ (Ebony, May 1992)

So, we thought we'd share what other
Famous Persons have to say about Michael Jackson.

Dick Clark

"...A man of many versatile talents, not the least of which is always being a gentleman."

Sammy Davis, Jr.

"You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy next door."

Sir Bob Geldof

"He is probably the most famous person on the planet, God help him. When Michael Jackson sings, it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing."

Genuwine

"He has always been a big inspiration for me... There will never be another Michael Jackson, he's the man...I used to watch every move, when he moved his finger, I moved my finger."

Katherine Hepburn

"I think he's a brilliant dancer and a wonderful singer. I think what makes him a star is he can do it and you can't help looking at him."

R. Kelly

"My manager came to me and asked me if I wanted to work with Michael...I thought about it for less than a second."

In '96, Radio HOT97 asked him "How was it like working with Michael Jackson?" Just to make the answer short he said, "These are normal people man, I asked if he wanted Chinese food, he said he just ate. Cracked a few jokes laughed at a few of mine. And after that the rest was HIStory!"

Sophia Loren

"When I met him, it was really love at first site. I think when you get to know Michael, you understand the nature of his charisma... He looks at the world with the innocent eyes of a child."

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

"He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose dancing seems to defy gravity and has been heralded by the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly."

Hermes Pan
(Fred Astaire's choreographer)

"He is the greatest... If I tried to compare him to, say Gene Kelly or even Fred Astaire, I would do him an injustice, because the thing that makes him great is his own style and his own originality."

Gregory Peck

"He is what the French call a monstre sacre...someone who is completely unique"

Ronald Reagan

"To Michael Jackson, with appreciation for the outstanding example you have set for the youth of America and the world."

Smokey Robinson

"Barry (Gordy) ...was very excited. He was trying to describe the group to us, and telling us about the little guy who was singing, who must have been here before, because he had all the soul quality of someone much older than he was."

Anita St. Rose
Miss Great Britain '96

What person would you most like to meet?

Michael Jackson, because he cares about our future and our children's future and the world they will come to live in. He realizes the urgency of our environmental problems and his concern is not a fashion.

Elizabeth Taylor

"What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson - that's all. And just when you think you know him, he gives you more."
"He's alarmingly bright."
"He's really not of this planet."

Stan Winston

"Working with him (Michael Jackson) as my partner in this film was one of the great expefriences of my life."