29 years ago, I first heard Dancing Machine and I was never the same again.

I imitated him. I emulated him. I looked up to him. And I wanted to be just like him.

If there was ever any public figure who touched my soul like nobody ever did, it was Michael Jackson. No, not Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. It was The Michael Jackson. The Moonwalker, they call him. The real M.J.

The man in the mirror with the glove showed me why music is truly the language of the soul. In an era when a lot of times humanity is lacking love, Michael continued to inspire and give hope to the world despite his many mistakes, shortcomings, faults, or whatever you want to call the very things he suffered from.

He transcended cultures and brought the world together. He made all of us feel the kind of love that