Respecting Michael's own words, and others'

I've been on twitter for one and a half year with a dedicated account to share Michael's own words. I tweeted what I read, watched and listened, may it's from his songs, interviews, dialogues, speeches, and other sources that came out from his own, written or spoken.

I don't mind if anyone copied and tweeted the quote I just tweeted, because it's not mine, it's Michael's, and my goal on twitter is to share Michael's words around the world. (Yes, I see several times it happened, sometimes they 'favorited' my tweet to tweet it on their account... perhaps it's hard to click the RT button.)

BUT anyways,

What saddens me is, to see other quoted some words/statement/phrase and claimed it as Michael's when actually they're NOT.

For instance, I saw someone quoted: "Those who know don't talk, those who talk don't know." and says that it's Michael's -- NOPE, it's not, it's Lao Tzu's.

And, read this:

"God knows the truth, and that's what really matters to me" ~ Michael Jackson -

Michael never literally said that.... (???)

"God will handle the situation" ~ Michael Jackson --tell me, when did he say this?

Or,

why changing his words to this -- "Before you know if you have red or brown hair, if your black or white, or what religion you are apart of, u must know that your loved" ~MJ

while the exact words from him:

"Before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know of what religion you are a part, you have to know that you are loved." ~ Michael Jackson ~

I know the messages are alike, but it's still not his.

Anyway,

I just need to post this on my blog, I hope you guys who read this, Please...:

- Do not use other's words as if it's Michael's..

- Don't write your own words and put is as Michael's

- and please,... you do NOT need to change his words, as if you're revising his statements. His words are beautiful as the person he was.

If you don't like them how they are, leave them, dont' change anything.

If you have no time to check what's the real phrase? Leave it and let it up to others who lovingly quote the right words, there several others who are dedicating their accounts to spread MJ's quotes: @InDefenseofMJ, @MJJQuotes, @MJQuoteOfTheDay, @omgmjquotes

Just,

if you want to respect other,

start from the very single thing: RESPECT your own IDOL.

It may be simple, but every thing start from the simple thing.

Life is about Perception, through a camera

MJ: The tabloid press ... that kind of press .. Not the press ... the tabloids ... the paparazzi ... that type. I've been running for my life like that ... hiding, getting away. You can't go that way cause they're over there ... well let's go this way and pretend we're going that way ... and we'll go that way. Somebody should say, " Hold on! Stop! This person deserves their privacy. You are not allowed to go there!" I go around the world dealing with running and hiding. You can't ... I can't take a walk in the park ... I can't go to the store ... you can't ... I have to hide in the room. You feel like you're in prison.

BW: What's been the most intrusive thing? What's the worst?

MJ: They always have been ... they go as far as to hide things into places. They'll slide a machine up under the toilet ... tch, tch, tch, tch [Michael makes a sound effect like clicking a camera] ... and you go, "Oh, my God!" They've done that.

BW: When you came into this hotel, you had to come in ... or you felt you had to come in ... through the kitchen.

MJ: I've been doing it for years. In many lobbies, I have never seen the front door. Never.

Just want to share a story tale about Michael from Margena A. Christan, a EBONY senior writer -- @MargenaXan

When I visited Los Olivos, Calif., where MJ's Neverland Ranch was located, I was pleasantly surprised at how nice everyone in town appeared.

While staying at a little hotel there, I met a hotel worker. He was also a photographer.

He told me how MJ would often walk around town alone. Everyone knew him. Nobody bothered him. He LOVED nature and people.

The man also taught photography at a local college in Los Olivos. He recalled meeting MJ.

The man told me that MJ was very fascinated with his camera. He wanted to hold it and examine it. MJ asked him lots of questions.

Like most Virgos, he was inquisitive. The man said that MJ was a joy to speak with. He wanted to see the photographer's work.

A small detail though it may be, the man was delighted that MJ took an interest in photography.

The man said he asked how everything on the camera worked. He studied it closely. MJ was also pleased to learn the man was a professor.

What stood out most about meeting the man was how he held on to the fact that MJ was so "normal." How MJ was a "regular" guy.

At the front gate of Neverland, I met many of MJ's neighbors. One told me, "He'd come out and stand where you are and talk to us."

He had so much land that he'd rent space so the neighbors could allow their animals a place on Neverland.

Life is about perception. The world saw MJ as a "freak" and "strange" person. I never saw him that way. The people I met didn't either.

The glass really is half full. It's how you view things. MJ was a man full of questions. He was a man who enjoyed learning about a camera.

His fascination seems to make sense now. His entire life folks chased him around w/a camera hoping to get picture.

Little things in life mean so much. Understanding the enemy, in MJ's case the camera, might have been important for him. Who knows?

Story tale from @MargenaXan's tweets

"I can look at a painting and lose myself. It pulls you in, all the pathos and drama. It communicates with you. You can sense what the artist was feeling.

I feel the same way about photography.

A poignant or strong photograph can speak volumes."

~ Michael Jackson ~

Any picture can give you many perceptions on your mind, though most of the time it depends how the photographer captures the images. Sadly, the media/tabloids make pictures of Michael to earn money, get ratings and for their own fame without even try to touch the essence of the man himself.

"I just hope that one day that they will be fair and portray me the way I really am,

just a loving and peaceful guy wanting to make wonderful, unprecedented entertainment and songs and music and film for the world, you know that's all I wanna do,

I am no threat, I just wanna do that, that's all I wanna do.

I want to be a joy to the world."

~ Michael Jackson ~

What is it that so hard to see him fairly? He had gave his life for the world, and for the children!!

We Call Him Peter Pan

♫ What kind of man

Who gives so much

And we not understand.. ♫

source pic

When the first time I listened to the album of "Beats of Our Hearts" released by MJTP, this song left me in silence because of its lyrics. Michael always said that he's Peter Pan. and he always mentioned how he loved Neverland so much...

I said, that one day I should make something with this song. And so I did, I made this video:


"Peter Pan, to me, represents something that is very special in my heart.

It represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying, everything I think that children and wonderment and magic, what it's all about."

~ Michael Jackson ~

♫ A man who loves and cares for all children

And yet they all misunderstand

We call him Peter, Peter Pan

His spirit lives in Michael's Never Neverland ♫

Michael's words about Neverland:

"Neverland appeals to the child inside of every man, woman and child."

"[Neverland] It’s a place where I feel that you can return to your childhood."

"[Neverland] It’s just a fun place. I love it.

And … I will always love it and I will never, ever sell Neverland.

Neverland is me, you know.

It’s, it represents the… totality of who I am. It really does.

I love Neverland."

Thanks to Tony Wilson who wrote this song. He was inspired in 2004 because of the Granada Television documentary Living with Michael Jackson with journalist Martin Bashir. (source)

"I hope this song changes the mindset of people and stops the negativity around his life...and death," said Wilson.

Why Peter Pan?

In an interview with MJTP, he added:

"Peter Pan came to life in Michael Jackson. They connected as one, and the adult world wasn’t ready for a magical human being to be in existence here on Earth. Michael was being the real Peter Pan; the human form of him, and he was very serious about it emotionally, physically, and with mind, body and soul; not as a character, but as a natural human having that forever spirit of love, giving, sharing and believing."

"I'm Peter Pan."

"But I'm Peter Pan in my heart."

~ ♥ ~ Michael Jackson ~ ☀ ~

source

We Call Him Peter Pan, by Tony Wilson

Full lyrics:

Michael we will always believe in you and to us you are Peter Pan

What kind of man

Who gives so much

And we not understand

That he cares so much for the children

In this cold ,cold earthly land

He is hurt, betrayed and a father

A human being with a broken heart

When he was young, he sang with his brothers

And now you look, and turn away

We call him Peter, Peter Pan

His spirit lives in Michael's Never Neverland

We call him Peter, 'cause we're the fans

He will never grow up and become a man

Mum and Dad you both were children

So I know you'll understand

How I love to play with laughter

Or walk with just holding hands

You taught me never accuse somebody

Mistaken water just for sand

A man who loves and cares for all children

And yet they all misunderstand

We call him Peter, Peter Pan

His spirit lives in Michael's Never Neverland

We call him Peter, 'cause we're the fans

He will never grow up and become a man

What's the matter with you?

I've thought you knew me too

I didn't just arrive

You knew me since I was nine

I have a family too

I'm just as innocent as you

Oooh why?

We call him Peter, Peter Pan

His spirit lives in Michael's Never Neverland

We call him Peter, 'cause we're the fans

He will never grow up and become a man

What do you do when you're telling the truth?

We call him Peter, Peter Pan

His spirit lives in Michael's Never Neverland

We call him Peter, 'cause we're the fans

He will never grow up and become a man

He will never grow up and become a man

Never, never grow up and become a man

----

"I would love to come back as, as,

as a child that never grows old, like Peter Pan." ♥

~ Michael Jackson ~

(Pictures above are not mine, click on each pic will lead you to the source)

Watching from the Moon

I want to share a poem that is written by one of my favorite (local) poet from Indonesia, Sapardi Djoko Damono. This poem is called "The Day Will Come". Every time I read this poem, I always remember Michael, just in replacing the word 'poem' with 'song'...

and the song of "One Day in Your Life" keep playing in my mind.

So, here we go....

The Day Will Come

The day will come

When my body no longer exists

But in the lines of this poem [song]

I will never let you be alone

The day will come

When my voice is no longer heard

But within the words of this poem [song]

I will continue to watch over you

The day will come

When my dreams are no longer known

But in the spaces found in the letters of this poem [song]

I will never tired of looking for you

For the love that Michael had shared with us,

that we shall continue to spread his words and realize his dreams,

knowing he is watching from above, and he will never leave us...

Always remember: We are not alone, we never will

The Moonwalker is watching from the Moon

Artwork: copyright of @MyMjjTribute

♪♫ Would you ever even dream

To go to the extreme?

And would you ever wanna

Be the one to rescue me?

On the moon,

that's where you'll find me soon.. ♪♫

"A star can never die.

It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life"

~ Michael Jackson ~