BY THE NUMBERS : 10 Revelations from Michael Jackson’s Autobiography

1. On his adolescent acne: “I became subconsciously scarred. I seemed to have a pimple for every oil gland.”

2. Diana Ross: “She was my mother, my lover and my sister, all rolled into one.”

3. Plastic surgery: “I’ve had my nose altered twice, and I recently added a cleft to my chin, but that is it. Period.”

4. Fashion: “If fashion says it’s forbidden, I’m going to do it.”

5. Fred Astaire: “He said, ‘You’re an angry dancer. I’m the same way.’ ”

6. Brooke Shields: “We were romantically serious for a while.”

7. Tatum O’Neal: “She was my first love . . . after Diana (Ross).”

8. When he first listened to “Thriller” (before a re-mix): “(It) sounded so crummy to me that tears came to my eyes.”

9. On not suing Pepsi after his hair was burned filming a commercial: “I was real nice to them. Real nice.”

10. Himself: “I believe I’m one of the loneliest people in the world.”

SOURCE: “Moonwalk,” by Michael Jackson