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How are you feeling
at
this time
about
the success
of
Thriller I mean the music business? How are you feeling at this time about the success of Thriller I mean the music business?
Isn't exactly "Gang Busters" and yet you continue
to
sell records so well. Isn't exactly "Gang Busters" and yet you continue to sell records so well.
Well every time I get a platinum album Well every time I get a platinum album
It's never taken lightly
on
my behalf. It's never taken lightly on my behalf.
I'm always honored and it's great, thanks I'm always honored and it's great, thanks
You know, I'm very happy that the public enjoy what I do You know, I'm very happy that the public enjoy what I do
And I'll continue to put my heart
into
my work. And I'll continue to put my heart into my work.
Michael, why is it do you think that you're able
to
crossover Michael, why is it do you think that you're able to crossover
When so many
of
those aren't able
to
from
When so many of those aren't able to from
R&B
to
pop R&B to pop
I mean, it's
like
a natural
for
you. You have something
within
your records that everybody just loves I mean, it's like a natural for you. You have something within your records that everybody just loves
Well, I can say I just create it and honor
to
the public enjoy what I do. Well, I can say I just create it and honor to the public enjoy what I do.
I couldn't explain why the anatomy
of
why it happens I couldn't explain why the anatomy of why it happens
There's a formula? There's a formula?
Not,that I know is my heart, I put my heart
in
it. Not,that I know is my heart, I put my heart in it.
You put your heart
in
it. You put your heart in it.
Yeah. Yeah.
When you go
about
writing. When you go about writing.
What happens? What happens?
Songs come
at
the strangest times. Songs come at the strangest times.
I could be walking
through
a park or something just hit you I could be walking through a park or something just hit you
It's no set time that I write they become. I wrote a song
in
the Concorde fifty thousand It's no set time that I write they become. I wrote a song in the Concorde fifty thousand
feet
in
the air. feet in the air.
And didn't have a tape recorder, I had
to
remember it And didn't have a tape recorder, I had to remember it
and I got home and put it
on
a tape. and I got home and put it on a tape.
So they just come. So they just come.
What do you think the gift came
from
? What do you think the gift came from ?
God. God.
At this age, you're twenty four? At this age, you're twenty four?
Thirty. Thirty.
Thirty? Thirty?
No twenty five. No twenty five.
I love performing, it's I could swim
on
stage. I love performing, it's I could swim on stage.
I hate leaving the stage I hate leaving the stage
I was raised
on
a stage i I was raised on a stage i
And when I'm not
on
stage, I'm not
as
happy and everything seems
to
be foreign
to
me or And when I'm not on stage, I'm not as happy and everything seems to be foreign to me or
new new
And I'm just now beginning
to
enjoy friendship which is new
for
me. And I'm just now beginning to enjoy friendship which is new for me.
Friendships? Friendships?
With People other
than
in show business With People other than in show business
Yeah Yeah
With ladies Yeah, Oh Yeah With ladies Yeah, Oh Yeah
Is there someone very important in your life
at
this point? Is there someone very important in your life at this point?
Yes Yes
How do you feel and how have you felt
over
the years
about
the crowds who How do you feel and how have you felt over the years about the crowds who
I mean even come
up
on
stage and try
to
get I mean even come up on stage and try to get
near
you near you
What what goes
through
your mind when that happens? What what goes through your mind when that happens?
If they enjoy what I do and they want to shake my hand or touch me If they enjoy what I do and they want to shake my hand or touch me
And I think it's wonderful, if that's what they want
to
do and it's a good thing And I think it's wonderful, if that's what they want to do and it's a good thing
And I'm projecting something that is good I think. it's wonderful. And I'm projecting something that is good I think. it's wonderful.
But
at
the same time I mean.. But at the same time I mean..
Long
as
they don't hurt me! Long as they don't hurt me!
But being the private kind
of
person that you are But being the private kind of person that you are
I mean, some people love it, you know. I mean, some people love it, you know.
There's some people love it when fans just... There's some people love it when fans just...
It hurts
to
be mobbed. It hurts to be mobbed.
I bet it does I bet it does
I just forget even a thousand hands coming
at
it I just forget even a thousand hands coming at it
Yeah Yeah
I appreciate them enjoying my music and what I do and I guess that's their way
of
showing I appreciate them enjoying my music and what I do and I guess that's their way of showing
how much they love you. how much they love you.
But is that a difficult time
for
you? when people come
up
to
you and knock out But is that a difficult time for you? when people come up to you and knock out
Now I've learned how
to
handle it. Now I've learned how to handle it.
How is that? How is that?
Just to be kind to them and wave
at
them or if they want an autographed give an autograph. Just to be kind to them and wave at them or if they want an autographed give an autograph.
But security usually take care But security usually take care
of
anybody who is rough or who really wants
to
pull you or grab ya. of anybody who is rough or who really wants to pull you or grab ya.
You were talking
about
being
on
stage,
but
what is it that goes
through
your mind when You were talking about being on stage, but what is it that goes through your mind when
you perform? you perform?
I don't think
about
much. I don't think
at
all, actually I'm feeling it. I don't think about much. I don't think at all, actually I'm feeling it.
It's not a thing
of
thinking there are mechanics it's all spirit and feeling It's not a thing of thinking there are mechanics it's all spirit and feeling
And sometimes every once in a while I'll think
about
the next flight, tomorrow's flight or And sometimes every once in a while I'll think about the next flight, tomorrow's flight or
where we're gonna be,
but
it's meaning I'm so much
into
the where we're gonna be, but it's meaning I'm so much into the
music. music.
I don't think. I don't think.
Your music crosses
over
, you know
to
all different styles and that other artists haven't done Your music crosses over, you know to all different styles and that other artists haven't done
this
before
this before
Well, I
like
, I said
before
I create right
from
the heart Well, I like, I said before I create right from the heart
There's no chemistry that I know
of
I just There's no chemistry that I know of I just
project what I feel project what I feel
I was the biggest influence
for
me whith the sixties, the Motown and the Beatles and the I was the biggest influence for me whith the sixties, the Motown and the Beatles and the
carpenters carpenters
And I don't know if all that had a big influence on me, I'm sure did.,I just project how I And I don't know if all that had a big influence on me, I'm sure did.,I just project how I
feel feel
What's the very best thing Michael that could happen
to
you in terms
of
your career What's the very best thing Michael that could happen to you in terms of your career

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