Perspectives on MJ

 

I first met Michael when I was in Detroit. He

came to Motown, and they were talking about

this boy from Gary Indiana, and the Jackson 5, and everyone was excited. He was a little boy then.

He would always come into the studio curious

about how I worked and what I did. "How do

you do that? "Why do you do that?" I think he

understood clearly from seeing various people

do the mustc scene that it definitely took work

He must have been around 9 or 10 then, and I

deftnitely felt that he would be someone. You

heard the voice, and all he could do was grow

And that's what he did.

I remember playing air hockey one time, and we were going back and forth. I play air hockey on the stde as opposed to the end of the table

because it's more accessible for me to really

understand what's happening. He said. "Oh.

you're cheating." And I said. "Aw. I'm not

cheating... come on." And we went on and on for hours, just playing air hockey and being sily. He had a childlike heart. And that was very very

impressive to me. At the end of the day, we're all human beings, and for those who can't see that it is possible for a man who's an adult to have a childiike spirit, it doesn't mean that they're weird, it doesn't mean they're a freak or

whatever ridiculous things people say. We have

all kinds of people in the world. The most important thing is that your heart is in a good

place.-- #StevieWonder