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Yeah, it´s a cool interview. Here it is.

TV GUIDE - DECEMBER 1999


'The Once and Future King'

The legend is almost too large to comprehend but never fails to fascinate. How to make sense of Michael Jackson, a man whose immeasurable talent is often overshadowed by tabloid headlines? The former Jackson 5 lead vocalist rocketed to solo fame with his 1982 album, Thriller (the video of the same name has been declared the greatest ever by TV Guide and MTV).

Seated in a New York City hotel suite. The notoriously shy pop star is charismatic and bubbly - a regular guy, even - as he discusses future projects, including an as-yet-untitled CD he describes as "happy, dance music, relationship stuff", and a reunion album with his brothers.

And then there is 'The Nightmare of Edgar Allen Poe', in which he will star as the 19th-century writer. Scheduled to shoot next year, Michael says he's doing the film because Poe's "life is very interesting", adding, without irony, "I love an artist who doesn't play it safe."

The interview:

TV Guide: 'Thriller' changed music videos forever. Where did you get the idea?

Michael: My brother Jackie came to my house and said, "Are you watching this show that's on TV? All they do is play music. It's MTV." I put it on and thought the concept was very interesting. What I didn't like were the videos that were a collage of images; I thought that if I were to do one, I would do something with a little entertainment value. My dream was to make something with a beginning, a middle, and an ending, like a short film.

TV Guide: Did you ever imagine that 'Thriller' and the videos from the album would catapult your career into the stratosphere?

Michael: I didn't really think about how the album would do; I just wanted to create what I would enjoy seeing. And my main goal for [the video] 'Thriller' was to do something that would be scary, fun and exciting.

TV Guide: How do you look back on that era now?

Michael: I see it as a happy time and a sad time. Because it made a lot of my dreams come true. The notoriety was wonderful.

TV Guide: You also said it was a sad time.

Michael: Yeah. If I don't get exactly what I'm looking for, I get very depressed.

TV Guide: You mean the album still didn't live up to what you had envisioned?

Michael: Not completely.

TV Guide: Which songs disappointed you?

Michael: 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin''. Songwriting is a very frustrating art form. You have to get on tape exactly what's playing inside your head. When I hear it up here (points to his head), it's wonderful. I have to transcribe that onto tape. 'The Girl Is Mine' (his duet with Paul McCartney) wasn't completely what I wanted, but it's very nice. But 'Billie Jean' is there. I worked so hard on that. I worked for three weeks on the bass lick alone.

TV Guide: The glove, the white socks, the red leather jacket -who came up with those things?

Michael: The glove was just - I thought one was cooler than two. I love to accent movement. The eye goes to where the white is - you know, the glove. And the feet, if you're dancing, you can put an exclamation point on your movement if it has a bit of light on it. So I wore the white socks. And for the design of the jacket, I would sit with the people who made the clothes and tell them where I wanted a button or a buckle or a design.

But I don't wear that look anymore. It's sad to get caught up in the past. That's why I don't put awards in my house. No gold records, no Grammys. They're in storage. I don't like to be puffed up with pride, 'cause I'd feel like I don't have any more things to reach for. And that's not true.

TV Guide: Do you feel like your most recent creative period is yet to come?

Michael: I think the best work is coming, but I'd like to go into other areas, not keep doing pop album after pop album.

TV Guide: Are there artists that are doing interesting things musically?

Michael: There's some wonderful creative ideas, but I don't think anybody's being innovative. They're mostly grabbing the old and trying to integrate it with the new.

TV Guide: Is there anybody that you'd like to work with?

Michael: There are a lot of artists I admire, but no.

TV Guide: What is your favorite music?

Michael: You'd be shocked. This morning I was singing Rogers and Hammerstein. That's the stuff I sing around the house, 'My Favorite Things' from 'The Sound Of Music', and 'Absent Minded Me', that Streisand song. I'm also a fan of the great old MGM musicals. I love show tunes, I'm a big fan of melody.

TV Guide: What's your favorite song to perform?

Michael: 'Billie Jean', but only when I don't have to do it the same way. The audience wants a certain thing. I have to do the moonwalk in that spot. (Laughs) I'd like to do a different version.

TV Guide: Who's your audience today?

Michael: I don't know. I just try to write wonderful music; and if they love it, they love it. I don't think about any demographic. The record company tries to get me to think that way, but I just do what I would enjoy hearing.

TV Guide: Is there a new Michael for the millennium?

Michael: Yeah, I have a couple of things planned. I think it's going to be totally different than what I did before. There's a song on the new album called 'I Have This Dream'. It's a millennium song about the world and the environment that I co-wrote with Carol Bayer Sager and David Foster.

TV Guide: Do you think you will tour again?

Michael: I don't think so. It takes a lot out of me.

TV Guide: You rarely travel in public without a disguise. Why?

Michael: I don't see any other way. I've tried everything. (Laughs) Fat suits. Nuns. Clowns. Trick or treat is the best for me. And Mardi Gras.

TV Guide: Do you think you'll ever be able to walk around freely just as yourself?

Michael: I do disguises for different reasons. I like to study people - be like the fly on the wall. Even if it's two old ladies sitting on a bench or some kids on a swing. Because I don't know what it's like to fit in an everyday situation. One time I was in a record store, completely disguised, and these girls were pulling out my album talking all about me. I was literally next to them. It was wonderful. I loved it.

But if I go out as myself, I can't have fun. People always say, "Why don't we just go to a party?" Soon as I step in, the party's over - for me. It's a party for them, but they're all putting their cards in my face, saying, "Remember me? I met you four years ago at" And I say, "I don't remember." So I can't enjoy the experience. They play all my songs. I didn't come to hear my music. And everybody starts chanting, "Dance!" "Well, I want to see you dance for a change."

TV Guide: Do you think, given all the negative press that you've had, that people will judge you solely on your music"

Michael: I don't think so. 'Cause (the press) has made me out to be this monster, this crazy person who's bizarre and weird. I'm nothing like that.

TV Guide: Is there anything you can do to change that impression?

Michael: Well, all I can do is be myself and create from my soul. But they take that and manipulate it.

TV Guide: But what will make you seem OK to people who think, "He's weird; he has exotic animals in his house, " or ….

Michael: God created animals. And they're loving; they're beautiful. I feel the way (anthropologist) Jane Goodall does or any of those naturalists. I don't find my interest in animals weird or strange at all.

TV Guide: What about the plastic surgery?

Michael: All of Hollywood has plastic surgery! I don't know why they point me out. The press exaggerated it. It's just my nose, you know. They want it to be everything. Just the nose isn't enough. Elvis had his nose done - Lisa Marie (Presley, to whom Michael was married from May 1994 to January 1996) told me. They don't talk about that. They single me out. It's not fair.

TV Guide: OK, well, now that you bring up Lisa Marie, I read that you said she regrets not having had your son and that she may still want to have a child with you. Is that true?

Michael: Well, I remember that's how she felt at the time. (Laughs) No matter what I say, I'm in trouble with this question - the next issue (of TV Guide) will probably say, "Well, Lisa said she doesn't ever want to see him again!"

TV Guide: Are you two friends now?

Michael: Lisa's sweet. I like her very much, and we are friends. And who knows what tomorrow brings? I have no idea how she feels today. I'll just say that. She comes to my house and sees the children (from Michael's second marriage, to Debbie Rowe, whom he wed in November 1996 and who filed for divorce in October 1999), and we talk on the phone, that sort of thing.

TV Guide: Do you think you'll marry again?

Michael: That would be nice.

TV Guide: What would make the third time the charm?

Michael: It just has to hit me. You have to see that person and go, "This is it. This is the one."

TV Guide: Did you feel that way with both of your marriages?

Michael: Yeah. Of course.

TV Guide: Do you wish you were still married?

Michael: Yeah, I do. But you have to do what's best. What happens, happens. You have to respect that.

TV Guide: Who are your closest friends?

Michael: Elizabeth (Taylor), for sure. We go to the movies every Thursday.

TV Guide: You go to a regular theatre?

Michael: I want to go to the Warner Bros. Studio, and she refuses. She says, "No, I'm getting you out." So we go right into this area - which I can't say - and walk right in. And it's usually empty, because (most) people are working at the time. (The theatre employees) go, "Wow, come on in," and we never really pay. And we're the ones who can afford it. (Laughs)

TV Guide: Lets talk about your kids (Prince Michael, 2, and Paris Katherine, 1). I have to ask you about this business in the papers recently about you and Debbie not being the biological parents of your children, about her being implanted with another women's egg and then impregnated by artificial insemination.

Michael: That's total garbage. It's just trash and not true.

TV Guide: Do the kids live with you at Neverland?

Michael: They were at Neverland two weeks ago. I think they realized for the first time that it's their home. They used to always think it was some hotel resort. We stay in hotels everywhere. They didn't realize that the train and the train station is for them, and those rides are for them. Now they go, "We want to go to Neverland!"

TV Guide: What are their personalities like?

Michael: Prince tells me all day that he has to make movies. So I bought him this video camera. I say, "What are we doing this time?" He goes, "'Star Wars'." So we put some figures on the table, make them move. And Paris is just now starting to talk and walk. She's very sweet. And I'm surprised she loves dolls. My sister Janet didn't like that sort of thing. She was a tomboy. I thought (Paris) was going to be like that, but she isn't.

TV Guide: And you're changing their diapers and feeding them?

Michael: Yeah, I love it. It's a lot of work. I thought I was prepared 'cos I read everything about child rearing, but it's so much more exciting than I ever imagined it would be. The only regret I have is that I wish I had done it sooner.

TV Guide: Do you sing and dance for them?

Michael: That's how I keep them quiet if they're crying. If I just start dancing, they shut down.

TV Guide: Do you want to have more kids?

Michael: Definitely. I told my father (Joe) I'm going to match his record. He had 10.

TV Guide: What is your relationship with your father like now? You were estranged from him for a while.

Michael: I have the best relationship with him now that I've ever had with him. I think with age and time he's really mellowed out to become a nice person. He'll simply say to me, "How are you doing? Are you eating? That's all I wanted to know." Not, "Did you sign that contract". He just wants to know if I'm OK. I think that's really nice. And my mother (Katherine) is like the perfect angel.

TV Guide: At 41, are you happy?

Michael: Well, I usually am happy. I don't let anything get me down, no matter what. I like to hear the sound of water, and birds chirping and laughter, you know. I love all the real, natural, innocent things. I would never go to a party or a club. I did that when I was a kid, and I don't care to do that anymore.

TV Guide: I found it jarring to read a recent quote in which you said that if it weren't for your desire to help the children of the world, you'd throw in the towel and kill yourself. Do you really feel that way?

Michael: I always have. 'Cause I would feel I have nothing to live for.

TV Guide: Not even for yourself and your own creativity?

Michael: I wouldn't care. Everything I create is inspired by that kind of innocence. And nature, it's everything. It has to be. I mean, that's it!


[...] The King of Pop doesn't simply arrive anywhere, and his appearance in a lush room at the pricey Beverly Hills Hotel is no exception. He is two hours late. He is preceded by his bodyguard, whose security check includes peeks behind curtains and into closets and bathrooms. Then the guard dims the lights. When the door finally swings open, it is not Jackson but two small children who bolt into the room: Prince, 4, whose dark hair is bleached blond, and Paris, 3, whose brown curls tumble to her shoulders. Finally, their father arrives.

[...] He's slight, wearing a blue military shirt and his trademark short black pants and white socks. And then there is his nose. His famous nose, which, on this day, is covered by gray bandages. "It is analgesic tape," he says, quietly but good-naturedly. "For allergies."

With his children playing on the floor by his feet, he talks about his life, politely and with an amazing sense of poise and self-possession. He is a man at times indignant about the press but able to laugh at himself, which may be the most surprising thing about Michael Jackson. At one point, he doubles over giggling at the thought of how at concerts women have fainted in his presence. [...]

TV GUIDE: This television special celebrates your long career. Do you remember the first time you ever stepped onstage?
MICHAEL JACKSON: I was 5 years old. And it was at a public-school recital. We had to wear white shirts and short knickers. And I remember them saying, "Little Michael Jackson is coming up to sing 'Climb Every Mountain.'" I got the biggest applause. When I went to my seat my grandfather and mother were crying. They said, "We can't believe how beautiful you sound." That's the first one I remember.
TVG: It's rare for you to do a TV special.
MJ: I've turned down so many because I just don't like to go on television. I get embarrassed. So I'll do a performance, but I won't watch it until almost a year or two later because I'm always disappointed in something I did.
TVG: The concerts that were filmed for this special were packed with big stars. That couldn't have been disappointing.
MJ: The second show was good. The first show was horrible because, technically, there were a lot of breakdowns and intermissions in between each act. It was very difficult. The audience was waiting and waiting and waiting.
TVG: What does it feel like when you're dancing onstage?
MJ: I am a slave to the rhythm. I am a palette. I just go with the moment. You've got to do it that way because if you're thinking, you're dead. Performing is not about thinking; it's about feeling.
TVG: Do you plan the dance steps?
MJ: Certain steps are set with my brothers. But when I'm alone, it's all improvised. Nothing is planned, ever. All the dance schools now teach kids to count, and that's completely wrong.
TVG: What do you think about current pop groups like 'N Sync? Are they imitating you?
MJ: I think they're very good singers. I know them very well, and we hang out every once in a while and laugh and play. I have no problem with them imitating me. It's a compliment. Everybody has to start out looking up to someone. For me it was James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Jackie Wilson, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly.
TVG: The special features an appearance by Marlon Brando. How did he get involved?
MJ: Brando's a good friend of mine. I've known him for about 20 years. He comes to my house all the time. He loves to play with the kids. I play with his grandchildren, and we love to watch movies.
TVG: Who else do you spend time with?
MJ: Elizabeth Taylor, Brando, Gregory Peck, these are very close friends of mine. Either they're much older than me or much younger. I've never had real contact with a person on my age level. I think this happened because all my life I played clubs, since I was 5 years old. I saw people drunk, fighting, and it was just disgusting. When people say to me today, "Hey, let's go to a club," I go, "No way." If I go, it's not a party for me — too many autographs and photographs.
TVG: Was that true at your postconcert party at the Tavern on the Green restaurant?
MJ: It was worse then — I couldn't breathe because everybody was crowding around.
TVG: And you fainted?
MJ: That's a rumor. It was sensationalism. The press made it up. As usual. They love doing that to me.
TVG: What did happen?
MJ: Nothing. I didn't faint. Not even close. The press has done this for so long, and it's disgusting. [Gently, to Paris, who is skipping around the coffee table] Paris, you can't make noise. You can't — no, don't bump the table. The reporters are tape recording.
TVG: Liza Minnelli also sang at one of the concerts. You two seem very close.
MJ: I speak to Liza every week. We come from the same planet. Like Elizabeth does.
TVG: What planet is that?
MJ: It's called Capricious Anomaly in the Sea of Space laughs. Gee, I can't name it. Just beyond our solar system, I think. But this is true, and this is not to be taken lightly: People who grew up as child stars have the same thing in common. You're cute, they love you; you go through the awkward stage, they don't accept you anymore. Very few make the transition to adult star. And most of them become self-destructive. And it's very sad.
TVG: How did you avoid self-destruction?
MJ: I think religion entered in.
TVG: Are you still a Jehovah's Witness?
MJ: Yeah. I've done, you know, we call it pioneering. We do 90 hours a month. I don't do as much now because I'm busy. You go door to door. I wear a fat suit, pop-bottle glasses, mustache, buck teeth and, like, an Afro wig. And I knock on the door and say we're Jehovah's Witnesses.
TVG: This special is in conjunction with the launch of your seventh solo album, Invincible. Is this your comeback?
MJ: I don't see it as a comeback. I only do an album every four years. It's just that I've been on hiatus, writing.
TVG: The album features rap stars Will Smith and Jay-Z. It's hard to imagine you working with Jay-Z, whose image is a bit rougher than yours.
MJ: He was just so sweet. And you hear these crazy stories about something some of these rappers did the next day, and it's hard to believe. I always see them to be very kind. Perfect gentlemen.
TVG: What's the message of "Unbreakable," the first song on the album?
MJ: That I'm invincible, that I've been through it all. You can't hurt me. Knock me down, I get back up. [To Prince, who begins to bang his Snapple lemonade on the coffee table] See the noise you're making? You've got to be nice and quiet.
TVG: You are known for being eccentric. Did growing up in the limelight have something to do with that?
MJ: [Smiling coyly] It depends on what kind of eccentricities you're talking about.
TVG: People call you Wacko Jacko.
MJ: But that's not nice. They do that because they're jealous. I haven't done anything. I go to hospitals and orphanages. And we take huge bags of toys. I spend thousands of dollars. What's wacko about that?
TVG: Because of the way you are portrayed in the press, people wonder, "Is he strange?"
MJ: [Exasperated] I did Oprah. I did Diane Sawyer. People saw me. The press is just completely jealous. And it's just one of those things that I have to deal with.
TVG: How do you deal with it?
MJ: I turn it into positive energy. And I write about it, I dance about; it's in my movement, it's in the expression on my face. And it becomes a part of me, part of my creation. And I try not to let it get to me. Because if you do, you'll go crazy.
TVG: Your first video, for the single "You Rock My World," is actually a 15-minute short film. How did you come up with its gangster theme?
MJ: I don't know — the idea just kind of happened. In Cuba. Hot summer night. A club run by these hoods. I just wish MTV would show the long version. The short version I don't like at all. It's not entertaining enough.
TVG: How much are you involved in the video-making process?
MJ: When you say Michael Jackson, people always think of an entertainer. They don't think of the fact that I write songs. I'm not trying to brag, but I write them, and Idirect a lot of the videos. I don't think younger artists are aware of those things, which I think would be inspiring for them.
TVG: When you were making this video, did you think, "I want this to be as good as the one for Thriller"?
MJ: No, because I know I didn't have the time to execute that. There are ones that are coming up that will be better.
TVG: Do you let your kids watch MTV?
MJ: At a certain age I will, not now. They are going to have to be 15 or 16.
TVG: Do you watch TV?
MJ: I love PBS, the Discovery Channel, The Simpsons. I love Sesame Street. I could watch it for hours. But my favorite show is Malcolm in the Middle. It reminds me so much of my brothers and me when we were little.
TVG: Which character do you relate to?
MJ: Malcolm. Mainly because he tries to fit into society, and he doesn't — like E.T. or Bambi, he can't adjust to other people's concepts. And I feel like that a lot of times. Once I'm offstage, I feel awkward, like this is not where I'm supposed to be.


There´s another part of the interview - cute one about his kids, but I can´t find it anywhere. I have it at home and could post it for you at thursday earliest.

Don't lie MJ You know you whipped that glove out at your 30th anniversery. And it seems your pants have never touched your shoes after Thriller.....




Yeah, Invincible was the best work.....




Oh please, was Carlos Santana not present on Invincible? MJ is notorious for collaborations...




What a predictable response, i though he would have been a little more original. And he does not have to perform it a certain way to please the crowd. The object of being an artist is to paint the picture your way, not the way the viewers want....




I never heard that song
MJ.... do you lie?



There goes me dreams of seeing him in concert




What if me and my friends were discussing how fucked up MJ was. Would he still love it?




Or maybe you could have a human nose and be black again?????




Was your monkey not the ring barer at Liz Taylor's wedding? It's not beautiful MJ



Well people tackle Cher everytime she gets interviewed. But not all of Hollywood loses their original skin tone. And not all of hollywood has multiple surgeries on their nose until it becomes nothing.




oh god no it wouldn't



Did he just contradict himself? Silly MJ




Why am i not suprised



If MJ came into my theatre with that old hoe I'd make them pay.....



C'mon MJ, just tell the truth



Oh dear




Oh god there's 7 more to come..... The sperm banks and Debbie Rowe should prepare.
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dag said:

dam i knew i had seen it some where, it was the blue tone in the pic that took me out, thank u soo much for posting up the interview.

staying on topic about The Body should we say, Have you ever seen MJ in shorts i dont think we have seen a pic of him in shorts or walking around stage on pants like Prince did in the Dirty days...

ThaCat said:

come on baby kick them daisies.....

Why do ppl think Mj is incapable of sex?


Why? I´d like to see him married. He seemed happy with LMP.


C´mon guys. Why can´t you just get over that plastic surgery. I´t not funny or interesting anymore.

There are many songs, he planned on releasing that weren´t like. What more can I give, which was recorded, but Sony refused to release it.

You can be just so mean jayradee.



staying on topic about The Body should we say, Have you ever seen MJ in shorts i dont think we have seen a pic of him in shorts or walking around stage on pants like Prince did in the Dirty days...[quote]
The only picture I have ever seen of MJ as an adult in shorts was during the Off the wall era. He was in Disneyland. He looked just sooooo cute! I´d post it for you later on when I get home, if you want.

SquirrelMeat said:

So I guy with a natural face gets barred behind a link, while the guy with the twisted plastic face gets a thread full of pictures??!

Is this the twisted world you have become!? Please explain that one!

SquirrelMeat said:

dag said:

its alright if u cant find it, i just wandered if mike is Leg Shy which i porbably think he is now after Off the wall era.

To Handsclappfingasnap: Once again, I see this tread didn't get a lock thrown on it after immediately like mine. I just made up my very first tread on Ursher who I didn't see nearly as many treads on him like it is on MJ, but you gone let this go, but gone put a lock on mine! There's a conspiracy goin on.

TurnItUp said:

How goofy Are you really willing to fight over an Usher thread??

legshy? I don´t know. Well nowadays he sure can´t reveal his skin to the sun, because of vitiligo. notice that you won´t even ever see him in short sleeves.

dag said:

It's true

Why did you change the spelling of vitiligo and highlighted LIE? Are you implying it´s a lie cause a lot of people still believe he bleaches it or whatever? I am not sure right now whether I should consider your remark "it´s true" ironically or genuinly?....just asking....

krayzie said:

THAT'S the guy who had my heart Not the freak of the last 15 years

He´s still the same - inside.
BTW you haven´t answered my question,

dag said:

GET TO KNOW MEEEEE!

dag said:

Because I hadn't seen it yet dear

And NO, he is NOT the same person inside





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In what way has he changed do you think?

dag said:

He's probably been insecure since boyhood, but the difference now is that he's convinced himself that he can buy his way to happiness. That external changes will heal him internally & they won't. His ego is insanely (and I mean that in the literal sense) out of control. There's nothing humble about him. Nothing attractive. And if he's diddling little kids, nothing moral either

CalhounSq said:

My thoughts exactly

Can you imagine that cute little kid from the Jackson5 would grow up to be going to court every day over child molestation charges? It's insane!

20 years ago we could say that MJ was in touch with reality. He knew what made people happy and knew how to "wow" them.
After a while his head flew into outer space and drifted far away from reality. This mental thing he had seemed to be contagious among his die hard fans who are crying outside the courtroom today. It's dreadful.

His image is just as insiring as his music. Folks like the idea of seperating the artist from the demon, which is great. But what art has MJ offered us that his as easrth shattering as Off the Wall or thriller. Of course he can't recreate those old albums, but the inspiration involved in the writing process is not present in his later efforts.

So that is how MJ has changed in the inside.

Everyone analizes MJ's psycology including myself, yet none of us met him

Please, that fool is my cousin.

AFRO MIKE !!!!!
No surgeries allowed....

krayzie said:

[/quote]
Joined 7/04 20 years ago we could say that MJ was in touch with reality. He knew what made people happy and knew how to "wow" them.
[/quote]
Don´t worry, he´s "wow" you one day.
He sure has "wowed" me since thriller MANY times!!



What makes you guys think he ain´t humble? Whenever I watch some award shows and stuff - out of all the celebrities (especially those today´s "miracles" like Usher, Justin etc.) I see him as one of the most humble man in showbusiness.

dag said:

Joined 7/04 20 years ago we could say that MJ was in touch with reality. He knew what made people happy and knew how to "wow" them.
[/quote]
Don´t worry, he´s "wow" you one day.
He sure has "wowed" me since thriller MANY times!!



What makes you guys think he ain´t humble? Whenever I watch some award shows and stuff - out of all the celebrities (especially those today´s "miracles" like Usher, Justin etc.) I see him as one of the most humble man in showbusiness.[/quote]





I remember that bloody huge "Lenin-esque" statue of him as "the King of Pop" being dragged down the Thames for the History launch. If that is a man who is humble I am a tangerine.

I think one of the reasons I have less sympathy and liking for him now than when I was a kid is the fact that he is so lacking in humility. None more so that during this court case. Putting on a show on top of a car is not the actions of a man who has any comprehension of the seriousness of his situation, in my opinion. I seriously think the man lives in his own little world.
[Edited 3/2/05 3:01am]

well, he´s doing stupid mistakes, of course. But I think that statue was a joke or a trap as he said. He knew he´d get attention and he did. Funny that I personally I never think of that statue thing for example. When I think of people and what they are like, all I have in my mind are pictures of them talking and behaving in certain way. And Mj always talks and behaves most of the time in a very-mannered-way, so that´s why I never see him as arrogant. While whenever I see P. Diddy, Eminem, Robbie Williams and other, I actually FEEL arrogance coming from their personalities. I never feel it straight from MJ though. I don´t know, post more moments of him being arrogant. I don´tknow. I just can´t think of any right now.

You´re right that the that statue thing was an egoistic move, but as for that dance on top of the car, I really feel it was just his showmanship comming out in a very stupid way.He probably missed being on-stage, you know.

dag said:

Oh Dag....

You are too cute. I can't argue with you anymore.

you don´t have to argue - you can discuss.