- Michael Jackson: [to guitarist Orianthi Panagaris, encouraging her to play louder] This is your moment to shine.
- Michael Jackson: [Discussing a problem with his ear piece] It's like someone's shoving their fist in my ear!
- Michael Bearden: We need *you* to do the sound check; cause, there can't nobody hear what you need to hear. Some people might not want to have that bass.
- Michael Jackson: I want it the way I wrote it, I mean like the audience hears it. So, whatever the records doing, that's how I want it.
- Michael Bearden: Yeah, that's what - that's what its going to sound like. We got to get closer to what you want. And if you want to get a little more booty on something, something else, you know what I mean. You know what I'm sayin'?
- Michael Jackson: [laughs] A little more booty. That's funny.
- Michael Jackson: It's an adventure. It's a great adventure. It's nothing to be nervous about. We just want wonderful experiences. We want escapism. We want to take them places that they've never been before. We want to show them talent like they've never seen before. So, give your all.
- Kenny Ortega: [as Michael rides the cherry picker] Just for same safety. Thank you. We've been there before. MJ this is just a mid-height. It goes much higher than this. This is the low-height.
- Michael Jackson: Why would you say that to me? You know better.
- [Kenny laughs]
- Michael Jackson: Why would you say that? You're teasing me. That's why. You know want it higher.
- Michael Jackson: [singing] I'm starting with the man in the mirror, I'm asking him to change his ways, And no message could have been any clearer, If you want to make the world a better place, Take a look at yourself, then make that - change...
- Michael Jackson: We gotta let it simmer. We got a moment where it has to simmer.
- Michael Bearden: That's right.
- Michael Jackson: You're not letting it simmer. Just bathe in the moonlight. You have to let it simmer.
- Michael Bearden: It's really cool for me as a Musical Director because I need the artist to be hands on and MJ is always hands on with everything that he does. He knows all of his records. He knows all his tempos. He knows all of his keys of songs.
- Michael Jackson: [singing] You and I must make a pact, We must bring salvation back, Where there is love, I'll be there...
- Michael Jackson: I respect the secrets of magic of nature. That's why it makes me so angry when I see these things that are happening, you know. That every second I hear the size of a football field is torn down in the Amazon. That's the kind of stuff that really bothers me. That's why I write these kind of songs, you know. Give some sense of awareness an awakening and hope to people. I love - I love the planet! I love trees. I have this thing for the trees and the colors and the changing of leaves. I love it! I respect those kind of things.
- [singing]
- Michael Jackson: What about sunrise, What about rain, What about all the things that you said, We were to gain...
- Michael Jackson: It can't trigger on its own. I gotta cue that. You got to watch me for that - that growl. Okay?
- [singing]
- Michael Jackson: I never felt so in love before, Promise baby, you'll love me forevermore, I swear I'm keepin' you satisfied, 'Cause you're the one for me, The way you make me feel
- Background Singers: The way you make me feel
- Michael Jackson: You really turn me on
- Background Singers: You really turn me on
- Michael Jackson: You knock me off of my feet, now baby!
- Background Singers: You knock me off of my feet, My lonely days are gone...
- Michael Jackson: [singing] Annie are you okay? / So, Annie are you okay? / Are you okay, Annie? / Annie are you okay? / So, Annie are you okay? / Are you okay, Annie? / Annie are you okay? / So, Annie are you okay? / Are you okay, Annie?
- Kenny Ortega: So, as we open the show, as you know, with all the lights down. We're gonna do a spectacular opening with pyrotechnics and we want some sizzle and some cracks and some pops. We have our video that is called "Glimpses and Flashes". And that's where Light Man comes out on the gantry, floating above the stage, and he'll just be dazzling in video information. And piece, by piece, by piece, by piece, MJ is revealed until he jumps out and on Michael's command, we begin.
- Michael Jackson: [singing] Got to be
- Background Singers: Startin' somethin'
- Michael Jackson: Got to be
- Background Singers: Startin' somethin'
- Michael Jackson: I wanna be
- Background Singers: Startin' somethin', Startin' somethin'
- Michael Jackson: Hard to get over
- Background Singers: Yeah, yeah...
- Michael Jackson: This is it. This is it. I love you. I'll be - I'll be performing the songs my fans wanna hear.
- Michael Jackson, Background Singers: [singing] All I want to say is that, They don't really care about us.
- Kenny Ortega: Hold for applause. Hold for applause. Slow umbrella. Fade out.
- Michael Bearden: Yeah, MJ take it from the top again. See what we got simmer wise.
- Jonathan Moffett: One, two, three, four
- Background Singers: [singing] Do-do, Do-do - Do-do, Do-do - Do-do, Do-do - Do-do
- Michael Jackson: Pretty baby with the high heels on, Give me fever, Like I've never, ever known...
- Kenny Ortega: This is all sizzle. Sizzle. Sizzle. It says "Smooth Criminal". The audience is going wild. The camera now slowly starts to move over the marquee.
- Michael Jackson: [singing] Ooo! As he came into the window, Was a sound of a crescendo...
- Background Singers: [singing] I want you back
- Michael Jackson: Yes I do now
- Background Singers: I want you back
- Michael Jackson: Ooo-oo, baby
- Background Singers: I want you back
- Michael Jackson: Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
- Background Singers: I want you back
- Michael Jackson: Nah, nah, nah-nah
- Michael Jackson, Background Singers: I want you back!
- Zaldy, Wardrobe Designer: We're all trying to push the boundaries, you know. Because, that's what Michael's about.
- Michael Jackson: I love you all and we're a family. Just know that. We're a family. And bring love back into the world. Remind the world that love is important. Love is important. Love each other. We're all one.
- Michael Jackson: [singing] if you're thinkin' of being my brother, Don't matter if you're black or white...
- Michael Jackson: What we're doing is - we're doing it for height. I'm gonna take off the jacket and kick it and beat it and beat it and we're gonna burn it! The jacket's gonna be too hot. It's gonna be on fire.
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