Age 12, 1970:

MJ: I like dey legs big and I like them with pretty big eyes (laughs) and uh, let me see what else do I like about girls?
Brother: How about their personality, Mike? (laughs)
MJ: Yeah, I like their personality. That’s one thing I like about them.

Questionaire Answered kwa Michael, 1970

The Qualities I Look For In A Girl Are:
Eyes, legs, personality.

1971

MJ: I haven’t really had any girlfriends yet, but I’ll tell wewe what I’d like to find in a girl. She has to have a good personality. I wouldn’t want to go out with a girl unless I had talked to her for a while, seen what she’s like, asked her a lot of questions.

Super Soul, 1971

Me: “Mike, let’s talk about Jermaine first. Do wewe get along with Jermaine as well as with your friends?”

Michael: “Jermaine and I have a lot of groovy times together! We get along very well and hardly ever fight like a lot of brothers with a big age difference do! Jermaine is the kind of older brother wewe can dig. cause he’s not the type that thinks he’s smarter just because he’s an older brother.”

Me: “What do wewe think is the thing that’s most different between wewe and Jermaine?”

Michael: “There’s a big difference in the kind of girls we like. People say I’m full of energy, and I guess that’s why I like lively girls who laugh and talk a lot. Jermaine is zaidi cool. He digs girls who are the foxy type, mysterious and quiet.”

Jackson 5 Fax, 1972

Michael: I wish girls wouldn’t think they have to be some kind of super-girl for me-or any of my brothers-to dig them. But I guess it’s because we’re in onyesha business they think our ideas about girls are so different from other guys.

Star, 1972

Star: What do wewe like in an girl, Michael?

Michael: I think personality’s the most important thing of all. I dig chicks who are on the lively side, who upendo to laugh and talk.

Black Stars, November 1976

“A young lady’s physical beauty can kwa no means outshine the inner beauty that radiates from her inner moyo and spirit. The kindness of a girl is zaidi important than anything, really, to be honest about it.”

From a generic questionnaire filled out kwa 18-year-old Michael Jackson in 1977

Would wewe like to get married?
Later in life

What kind of girl/boy would wewe like to marry?
Kind

How many children would wewe like to have?
20. Adopted. All races

Briefly describe your dream girl/boy
Beautiful in every way

What type of person do wewe usually dislike?
Nasty

Francesco Scavullo, Magic/Madness, Sometime in the 70s/80s

Photographer Francesco Scavullo once recalled of Michael, “He asked me, ‘What do wewe do about falling in love? Are wewe afraid they’re just after wewe for what wewe can do for them?’ And I alisema ‘Michael, wewe can’t live your life that way. wewe have to take a chance.’”

Special Edition of Right On magazine, 50 Facts About Michael, 1984

28. A soft, sexy scent will make Michael turn his attention to you.
31. Balloons, balloons, and zaidi balloons are what Michael would send wewe if wewe were his special girl.
37. He loves imba romantic songs zaidi than any other kind.
38. Michael loves having long telephone conversations with special ladies.
39. Michael thinks Japan is a wonderful country to fall in upendo because of its beauty and romance.
41. Go on a roller coaster with Michael and you’ll his win his heart. The scarier the better.

Katherine Jackson’s Bio, 1990

The most tired rumor of all was the rumor that Michael was gay.

All I can say is, Michael is not gay. He intends to settle down and get married one day. We’ve talked about it. And he will.

I wish he did have that special someone to share his life with right now; his life would be richer. I think that, deep down, he does, too.

I think the reason why he’s had so few relationships in hivi karibuni years, is that he’s been approached so many times kwa women who are so obviously looking for that pot of dhahabu at the end of the upinde wa mvua that he’s grown wary. Michael wrote about this type of woman — I call her a status seeker — in his song “Dirty Diana.”

When Michael was younger he joked that “when the upendo bug bites me, that’s when I’m going to marry.” kwa 1989 he was telling me, “The woman I marry will have to have a lot of money herself. That’s the only way I’ll know for sure that she’s not marrying me for my money.”

And yet, Michael seems happy. Even though he knows that he will never be able to live a “normal” life, he seems comfortable with his fame. I believe that when he’s good and ready to get married, he’ll do it, despite the inevitable press uproar.

REBBIE: Even if Michael were to find the “perfect” woman tomorrow, I think that he would be reluctant to subject her to the incredible scrutiny that he’s subjected to every day.

Even if Michael’s wife did manage to adapt to life in a samaki bowl, she’d also have to cope with the reality of Michael attending meetings, and members of his entourage constantly pulling on him. Some of these people, no doubt, would view her as no zaidi than a competitor for Michael’s time.

Glenda Tapes, June 1992

M: I just… wanna know what its like, girl, to have a real relationship with someone who doesn’t want me for me – that I dont, I don’t have to look over my shoulder all the time.
G: That doesn’t have an ulterior motive?
M: Yeah, that doesn’t swali me… I mean..(i) I don’t… and, and.. like La Toya alisema in her book.. she said, either I am going to have to find somebody who doesn’t even know who the heck I am -
G: (i)
M: Orrr..oorr deal with somebody who’s career is equally as important, au equally like mine..
G: Well.. a nix to both of those.

Shmuley Tapes, 2000/1

MJ: I want someone who is a lot like me, who has the same interests and who wants to help. The ones who are classy and quiet and not into all the sex and all the craziness because I am not into that. I do not understand alot of the things that go on in relationships and I do not know if I ever will. Mean things and vulgar things with their bodies. I do not understand it and it has hurt my past relationships.

SB:Have wewe ever found girls who like practical jokes that wewe like? Have wewe ever found a woman who collects comics?
MJ: It is a rarity. If I find one I will go nuts. Especially, if she has those qualities and is beautiful inside. It would be a nyumbani run for me.
MJ: I think sexy comes from the moyo in the way wewe present yourself.
SB: Have wewe ever found women who are a bit zaidi modest to be zaidi attractive for that reason?
MJ: Yeah. I don’t like women who are always saying, “My nails need to be done. I have to do my toes. I need a manicure.” I hate all that. I lke it when girls are a little bit zaidi tomboyish. If they wrestle, climb a tree….. I upendo that. It is sexier to me. I like class, though. Class is everything.

SB:Celebrities are targets for people who marry them for wrong reasons, their fortune and their name. But don’t wewe know when someone is interested in wewe for the wrong reasons?
MJ: wewe don’t know.
It is hard because the women today can do a good job of faking it. I mean a real good job. They are smooth. Look in the Bible. Women have taken the most powerful men down to nothing because of what’s between their legs.
SB: Can wewe immediately tell innocence?
MJ: Right away although I find it harder to tell with women because they’re so smooth. But with men I can usually tell, because they are zaidi open and like puppies, while girls are zaidi like cats. wewe know how if you’ve been on vacation and wewe get nyumbani and a puppy is all over you, while with a cat, it’s “Hey I don’t need you, wewe come over here and pick me up”. They give wewe attitude. They’ll walk right kwa wewe even though they haven’t see wewe in three months. Women are very smart. Walt Disney always alisema they are smarter than men and he always hired zaidi women.