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"MTV Video Music Awards" (2002)

Date confirmed on “Associated Press” (“MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday [August 29, 2002]”)

Michael Jackson, speech transcript

Well, God Bless you. I love you too. Thank you very much, Britney Spears you're wonderful. If... when I was a little boy in Indiana, if someone had told me... if someone had told me that one day I would be getting, as a musician, the 'Artist Of The Millennium' award I wouldn't have believed it.. This is really amazing. I can't believe it. Thank you so very much.

But there's a couple of people I have to thank who made this. First I'd like to thank God who makes all things possible. My mother, Joseph Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Trudy Green, Howard Koffman, the genius of John McClain, John Brenka, Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Quincy Jones, I love you. David Blaine your magic is real and I believe in you. And I'd like to thank... I think James Brown is a genius. And all the fans around the world, I love you. God bless you. Thank you.