It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.

I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.

It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family [of the child]. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.

Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.

He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.

I have an inate curiosity about people.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

You never know what you have till you've lost it.

We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don't know why I even care, we get so high and get nowhere.

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

I had the drive to pursue speedskating and I found a sport that I was good at. If I'd got into cycling, I would just be another has been.

The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write.

Intelligence will become more and more collective; innovation and order will become more and more bottom-up.

Your painting is a measure of your mind.

P.S. - This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.

Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.