• Quincy Jones Reveals Michael Jackson’s Shame

    Posted by Micki B on 07.01.2009 at 9:49 pm

    Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson

    Quincy Jones recently sat down with Details men’s magazine, to discuss his beloved friend Michael Jackson. Jones still mourning Jackson’s death, tells how surrealistic all of this is to him and how great of a guy Michael was, though misunderstood.

    Among all of the strange behavior of Michael Jackson over the years, the most noticeable was incredible change of his appearance.

    Here’s Quincy Jones thoughts on Michael Jackon’s apparent identity crisis;


    Q: You were there to witness the strange evolution in Michael’s appearance. Did you ever step in and saying anything about it?
    A: Oh, we talked about it all the time. But he’d come up with, “Man, I promise you I have this disease,” and so forth, and “I have a blister on my lungs,” and all that kind of b.s. It’s hard, because Michael’s a Virgo, man—he’s very set in his ways. You can’t talk him out of it. Chemical peels and all that stuff.

    Q: Did you believe him about the disease?
    A: I don’t believe in any of that bullshit, no. No. Never. I’ve been around junkies and stuff all my life. I’ve heard every excuse. It’s like smokers—”I only smoke when I drink” and all that stuff. But it’s bullshit. You’re justifying something that’s destructive to your existence. It’s crazy. I mean, I came up with Ray Charles, man. You know, nobody gonna pull no wool over my eyes. He did heroin 20 years! Come on. And black coffee and gin for 40 years. But when he called me to come over to see him when he was in the hospital on his way out, man, he had emphysema, hepatitis C, cirrhosis of the liver, and five malignant tumors. Please, man! I’ve been around this all my life. So it’s hard for somebody to pull the wool over my eyes. But when somebody’s hell-bent on it, you can’t stop ‘em.

    Q: But it must’ve been so disturbing to see Michael’s face turn into what it turned into.
    A: It’s ridiculous, man! Chemical peels and all of it. And I don’t understand it. But he obviously didn’t want to be black.

    Q: Is that what it was?
    A: Well, what do you think? You see his kids?

    More Quincy Jones On Michael Jackson


    Q: But he seemed to have some deep-seated issue with how he looked?
    A: Well, that comes about a certain way. I’m not sure how it happens. I’m just a musician and a record producer. I’m not a psychiatrist. I don’t understand all that stuff. We all got problems. But there’s a great book out called Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart. Did you see that? That book says the statute of limitations has expired on all childhood traumas. Get your stuff together and get on with your life, man. Stop whinin’ about what’s wrong, because everybody’s had a rough time, in one way or another.
    ~Details Magazine~

    Honestly, I could never imagine living the life that Michael Jackson lived. The fame, money and stardom seemed to cost Michael Jackson the most priceless thing any human being can have, “sense of self”.

    It is such a shame!

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    2 Comments »

    1. Wes

      July 4, 2009 @ 2:24 am

      I love Quincy, wow I wonder who is gonna say something crazy to Quincy Jones.

    2. BLACK

      July 7, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

      Thanks for the book reference Quincy.

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