IMAGE MANIFESTOS
London, Street. Photograph: Pexels/Panicos Georgiou
I want a whole new character, a whole new look,
Michael Jackson, 1979
I should be a tottally different person.
[…]
I will be magic.
manifest (I)
~ 1979 ~
Authenticity
🗸 yes
Note to Self (1979)
Transcript
MJ will be my new name. No more Michael Jackson. I want a whole new character, a whole new look, I should be a tottally different person. People should never think of me as the kid who sang ABC, I want you Back.
I should be a new, incredible actor singer dancer, that will shock the world.
I will do no interviews.
I will be magic.
I will be a perfectionist a researcher a trainer a masterer.
I will be Better than every great actor roped into one.
I “must” have the most incredable training system. To dig and dig and dig until I find.
I will study and look back on the whole world of Entertainment and perfect it. Take it steps further from where the greats have left off.
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Transcript by JS
Do it, […] for the white children so they’ll have Black Heroes.
Michael Jackson, 1987
[…]
My goal is To Become So “Big”, So Powerful, to Become Such a Hero
To end prejudice To Make these little white Kids love Me
[…]
I Am Not prejudice, it’s Just time For the
First Black King Now
[…]
Hide Recluse, genius. Billionair
Strange Beautiful Face
manifest (II)
~ 1987 ~
Authenticity
🗸 yes
Sources
First published 1/4 page in The Sun, 2020, August 23
Note to Self (1987) Page I
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Transcript page I
What Made thriller Big
I have found that when I have a deep reason a reason of anger, I really come through to prove Myself like on thriller
I hated unequality in Record Biusness
Blacks weren’t Able To Be on MTV the Most watched Musical Show.
Signs like Disco Sucks all over Town
The cross over unequality
not Being able To Be on cover of white publications
Being Told “We don’t put Blacks on our covers Blacks Don’t sale”.
all this put fire in Me to sale the biggest selling Album
of all time to get recognition
To have whites and Black of all races love Me
to Be on cover of Time, life, newsweek
But I Did it all out of “anger”
To get even to prove Myself
II
Elvis is Not King
Show Springsteen Whose Boss
I Will Have the entire Mags of Time life Newsweek people
I was very very Angry. I Had To prove myself and change things.
Do it, 200,000,000 for the white children so they’ll have Black Heroes.
So they Don’t grow up prejudice, all Kids.
Now What Must I Do out of anger on this Album To prove Myself.
There’s a whole new generation of white Kids who are children to the KKK
I saw on the news on Martin luther King’s Birthday, these kids were watching their parents Stone Black people. They will grow up prejudice, They Hate Blacks
My goal is To Become So “Big”, So Powerful, to Become Such a Hero To end prejudice To Make these little white Kids love Me By selling over 200,000,000 Albums
Make them look up to me I will change I Have changed. +200,000,00 the world
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Throughout History White Men have always Branded the pages of History with great white Hopes putting whites over Blacks as nobles like Elvis Being The King of Rock and Roll
Springsteen being the Boss
or The Beatles being the Best
Yes these guys were good But they weren’t Better singers or dancers than the Blacks.
the difference is whites control the press the Media and they can Make the public Believe whatever they Desire.
Plus a lot of Blacks Have Been ugly to look at. you Must Be Beautiful looking.
I will change this “NOW” with the power of My songs and dance and “looks” and Total reclusiveness and Mystery World.
I will “Rule” as the “King”.
I Am Not prejudice, it’s Just time For the First Black King Now. and Forever
IV
I love White people Black people All races I want whats fair. NOW is the Time For My Kingship Forever.
I want all races To love as one
Now MJ the King forever
Hide Recluse, genius. Billionair
Strange Beautiful Face, greatest actor, Singer Dancer performer
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Transcript by JS
Michael Jackson – Image Manifest, 1987
My goal is To Become So “Big”, So Powerful, to Become Such a Hero To end prejudice To Make these little white Kids love Me
Michael Jackson – The Shmuley Tapes, 2000-2001
I think all my success and fame, and I have wanted it, I have wanted it because I wanted to be loved. That’s all. That’s the real truth. I wanted people to love me, truly love me, because I never really felt loved. I said I know I have an ability. Maybe if I sharpened my craft, maybe people will love me more. I just wanted to be loved because I think it is very important to be loved and to tell people that you love them and to look in their eyes and say it.
Source: Boteach, S. (2009). The Michael Jackson Tapes. Vanguard Press.
Michael Jackson – Moonwalk, 1988
I have always been a dreamer. I set goals for myself. I look at things and try to imagine what is possible and then hope to surpass those boundaries.
In 1979 I turned twenty-one years old and began to take full control of my career.
Source: Jackson, M. (1988). Moonwalk (1st ed.). New York: Doubleday.
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