有位與michael jackson長年熟識的傳記作者說, michael jackson 純潔善良, 總想幫助周遭的人, 造福世界, 但也正因如此而異常孤獨, 因為旁人對他的關注(attention) 並不等於了解, 更不等於愛.
他說有一次採訪, michael jackson 說了一段話, 他因採訪所需當時還錄了音. 這段在我讀起來 VERY Wittgensteinian 的話是這麼說的:
“I am going to say something I have never said before and this is the truth. I have no reason to lie to you and God knows I am telling the truth. I think all my success and fame, and I have wanted it, I have wanted it because I wanted to be loved. That’s all. That’s the real truth. I wanted people to love me, truly love me, because I never really felt loved. I said I know I have an ability. Maybe if I sharpened my craft, maybe people will love me more. I just wanted to be loved because I think it is very important to be loved and to tell people that you love them and to look in their eyes and say it.”