"Yeah, Wacko Jacko, where did that come from? Some English tabloid. I have a heart and I have feelings. I feel that when you do that to me. It's not nice."

"I've helped many, many, many children, thousands of children, cancer kids, leukemia kids."

"I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?"

"I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"It is a profound truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time."