I believe People magazine.com put together this video montage called 25 remember Michael one year later, or something to that effect. They had quotes from every one including Usher and Beyonce to the groups Good Charlotte and Hanson. Two quotes really stood out. One of the Good Charlotte guys( you gotta picture a very tatooed, white gentlemen) said:
" He influenced everyones music. If anyone says Michael Jackson didn't infleunced them, then they just don't know how he did."
Another Guy who I'm not familiar with (I think he's a rapper) said:
" On the scale from 1 to 10... 10 passed away last summer. Now all you can hope to be is a 9."
I sat at my computer and cried when I heard this