African american Quote by Spike Lee

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Jackson changed the format and history of music. His videos were films. He was the first who floated on the stage and changed…

— Nicky Jam

Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of black identity and the possibilities of R&B…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Michael [Jackson] reconstructed his face and deconstructed the African features into a spooky European geography of fleshly possibilities, and yet what we couldn't deny,…

— Michael Eric Dyson

All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. There were music videos before Michael Jackson,…

— Sonu Nigam

Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman

— Molly Ivins

People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

— Smokey Robinson

Watching Michael Jackson was like taking a history lesson and a lesson on the future at the same time. If that weren’t enough, Michael…

— Marcus Miller

I remember when Michael Jackson as an act, as a talent, was untouchable and was in a realm all his own.

— Montel Vontavious Porter