Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.

With brothers you become friends. Some you hang out with more than others. You talk to one about the other a little more. You get mad at them. Then, you love them. Then, you apologize. You have to apologize whether you want to or not. You have to. That's your brother.

I keep my thoughts to myself, and I think that's one of the best ways to be.

I tell it like it is, but I don't voice my opinion unless it's asked for.

I was always a closet blues player.

Just performing is where I'm happiest, and gets me rid of my troubles and worries.

Well, I don't have anything to say to Mr. Sneddon, you know? Nothing at all.

You have to feel that music. You just can't play it sterilely.

I'm glad that he's got all this behind him. And I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of people - and there are certain people that don't report the news accurate for their own personal fame and gain. And they know who they are.

Joe Jackson is a great man. The problem that people have with my father is that he tells it like it is. He's just straight up and doesn't beat around the bush. Tough love.

Like Jermaine was saying, it's a beautiful day, and we're just glad all of this is behind us. We can go on with our lives. And Michael can go on with his life and do what he does best, and that's making good music, making his fans happy, people happy all over the world.

Oh, Michael Jackson is Michael Jackson. And no matter if he sold 40 million records off of one record and sold 15 off his last or whatever the counts may be, Michael Jackson will be Michael Jackson.

Some people are probably scratching their heads and saying, How did that happen? That's because some of the media didn't give the public the full story.