1996- T.V. Interview with Ian “Molly” Meldrum
On coping with fan hysteria:
“I know it’s all love and it makes my heart very happy and I like to give back, you know, through however I can give and it puts a smile on my face to see all the children and all the teenagers and the adults, the demographics. It makes my heart very happy. I love them, I love all the fans very much.”
On his philosophy of ‘staying at the top’:
“[…] I think, being humble and believing in yourself and having true love in your heart for the world, and really trying to help people through lyrics and the love of music and dance, because I truly do love people very much.”
On relaxing:
“[…] I am a workaholic. I don’t relax, really, I don’t sleep a lot, I like to continually…my mind never stops. I’m always creating. I never stop. But I love a good water balloon fight or, you know, playing around, goofing off, [playing] Nintendo games, arcades.”
On negative press rumors:
“It’s very sad. I just want the fans to know and to understand that is not the truth. 99.9 percent of it is not the truth. And don’t read it, don’t believe it, it’s garbage. It’s tabloid junk, I mean, they just simply make it up for greed and money. So, please, don’t listen to it. It’s trash.”
On horror-sci-fi-fantasy writer, Stephen King:
“Stephen King is a very gentle, sweet, kind man. I mean, the profile that we see…the books, with his works…he’s nothing like that. He’s very humble. […] A lot of people judge me the same way. I’m pretty simple…I love to create. I love to make magic. I love to create the unexpected. You know…And Stephen, he’s just wonderful, he’s not bizarre or strange or weird. He’s a loving person.”
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1974 - The Jackson Family plays the first of fifteen nights at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas (Nevada).
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1986 – Michael starts filming a 16 minute video for the song Bad directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Wesley Snipes. Scenes are filmed in Dobbs Ferry, a tiny hamlet in upstate New York and in a subway of the Bronx . The song and video tell the story of Daryl, a black youth from the ghetto who returns home from his private school.
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1991 - Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous Gift-Pack” was released.
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1996 - Concert at the ANZ Stadium in Brisbane (Australia).
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2002 - Between the 19 and 29 of November, 2002, the “Siegfried & Roy’s” celebrity auction takes place, for which Jackson donates an autographed plush bear, benefiting “Opportunity Village” (NGO in charge of the life-expectancy issues of mentally challenged people and their families) with 5,000 dollars, including a jacket auctioned for 16,000 dollars at the “Bambi Charity Event” in Berlin, Germany, on November 21.
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2003 - At a press conference, Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon announced that Michael Jackson was wanted under California Penal Code 299a: molestation of a child. Jackson’s bail was set at $3 million.
2003 - CBS announced that it was postponing its “Michael Jackson Number Ones” special. The show was planned to air on November 26th.
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2005 - Michael & the kids stay at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel in Muscat.
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Source: Michael Jackson For All Time / MJJEternal / MJJCommunity / MJJTime / MJ-Upbeat.com
Animation For The Day:
MJ is truly the king. Anytime i listen to his tracks i feel as he is still alive. Certainly one of the biggest music superstars ever!
I do agree with you PLOUGH. MJ was indeed the greatest.