Well, I haven't cried that much for a long time.

This person inspired me so much in my career of a dancer. I remember listening to his songs when I was little, I remember seeing Thriller for the first time and really loving everything about him. He was a genius and as someone in the profession of the performing arts, I can honestly say and believe that nobody can ever do what he did. We try to imitate his way of movement, we try to do justice to his songs when we perform them but nothing we can do can even come close to what Michael Jackson did. When our company did a number to Bad and The Way You Make Me Feel, we tried our hardest but the spirit that he had when performing wasn't there. Anyone in comparison to Michael Jackson is a hack entertainer, a hack artist. To me and I know a lot of other people, he's simply the greatest.

People compare him to Elvis or the Beatles but I've always thought of him as something greater. I thought that what Martin Bashir said today on ABC before the memorial was so true. Nobody could move or sing or compose like him, he was a man of many talents.

Truly, Michael Jackson is my biggest inspiration and hero and idol.