Michael Jackson

Person · Open Library

Born

1958

Died

2009

Works

63

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1958-08-29

Active to

2009-06-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

6,997,436

Total plays

385,468,875

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) , often referred to as The King of Pop or MJ was an American musician, entertainer, and philanthropist. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in popular music during the 20th century. His career spanned more than four decades, during which he broke racial barriers in the music industry and became a global icon. Jackson popularized street dance moves such as the moonwalk <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Ja

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2

   · 2014 · cited 85,648x

2. Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

   · 2005 · cited 47,865x

3. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

   · 1976 · cited 43,966x

4. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,720x

5. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 39,035x

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Quotes

• “I wake up from dreams and go, 'Wow, put this down on paper.' The whole thing is strange. You hear the words, everything is right there in front of your face. And you say to yourself, 'I'm sorry, I just didn't write this. It's there already.' That's why I hate to take credit for the songs I've written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it's been done and I'm just a courier bringing it into the world. I really believe that. I love what I do. I'm happy at what I do. It's escapism.”
• “I am not prejudiced, it's just time for the first Black King now.”
• “I feel fortunate for being that instrument through which music flows. I'm just the source through which it comes. I can't take credit for it because it's God's work. He's just using me as the messenger.”
• “If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.”
• “I have no problem with them imitating [me]. It's a compliment. Everybody has to start out looking up to someone. For me it was James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Jackie Wilson, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly.”
• “I have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love. An imperfect love, to be sure, but love nonetheless. He pushed me because he loved me, because he wanted no man to ever look down at his offspring. Now with time, rather than bitterness I feel blessing.… My initial fury has slowly given way to forgiveness.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website

www.beerhunter.com

Image

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