A short video of Michael Jackson is touching hearts all over again in 2025. In the clip, Michael speaks in a very calm and gentle voice. He is not dancing or performing for a crowd. He is simply explaining how he created his famous music.
Michael says songwriting was a spiritual experience for him. He did not sit down with paper and force himself to think of ideas. Instead, he believed the songs already existed in heaven. He felt his only job was to listen and share them with the world. He compared writing a song to standing under a big tree and waiting for a leaf to fall. He believed you cannot rush it. You must stay still and let the song come to you.
You can hear him talk about this here.
Michael Jackson in His Own Words About Songwriting
Since Michael did not read or write music in the traditional way, he used his voice to build his tracks. He recorded every single part into a small tape recorder. He sang the drum beats and beatboxed the bass lines. He hummed the sounds of the violins and the harmonies. Every sound started in his own mouth before a single instrument was ever played in the studio.
This process was shown clearly during a famous court meeting in 1993. Michael had to explain how he wrote songs like Dangerous and Will You Be There. In a room full of lawyers, he calmly showed how he built his music layer by layer. He even sang different parts at the same time to show the songs came from his mind. Even when talking about huge hits like Billie Jean, he stayed humble. He believed the gift came from God and that he was just the messenger.
You can see him explain this in court here.
Billie Jean Dangerous Court Deposition
After hearing Michael say his songs came from heaven, people are now looking at the proof. A rare recording of his song Beat It is becoming popular again. This is not the version you hear on the radio. There is no band and no loud guitar. There is only Michael Jackson and his voice.
In this recording, Michael sings every part of the track. He hums the heavy bass and taps out the drum sounds with his mouth. He even sings the sharp guitar sounds that later became world famous. That specific part was later played by a famous guitar player named Eddie Van Halen, but it started as a sound in Michael’s imagination.
These clips are changing how people think about the star. He said that music was a gift from above. Then, his old tapes like these proved it was true. Before his fame, the songs were already in his mind and not written on the paper.
In a world where computers can fake voices, these videos feel very important. They remind everyone that his talent was real and human. What he gave the world was more than just catchy sound. It was something he believed was meant to live on forever.