September 2011
“ He was a supremely gifted human being, but he didn’t survive, in my opinion, because he’d never been taught the rules of the game. He and his brothers and sisters were forced to rehearse round the clock while other kids were playing basketball. Michael’s life was precisely the one dedicated by his father. The family’s religion meant the children weren’t even meant to be in show business. But when they started making money for their father, that was it. Michael was used and abused almost from the time he was born. Eventually, he distanced himself from his family, created this wonderful place - Neverland - for kids and supported different families. But then, one day, the father in one of those families called up Michael and said, ”Unless you give me this amount of money, I’m going to tell everyone you made a pass at my son.” And that’s when Michael called me. When he’d finished his story, I remember pausing and then saying: ”Michael, maybe you should tell your lawyer about this.” He said: ”But it’s insane.” So I repeated my advice. ”It’s blackmail,though.” He said ”It is.” I replied ”and that’s why you need to involve your lawyer.” But he wouldn’t. What everyone forgets is that, when the kids stayed at Neverland, their parents came, too. And they were treated grandly. But then other people jumped on the bandwagon. I remember he was going with this girl and he was so in love with her. He came to show me the ring he’d bought for her. I asked him what he was going to say and he didn’t know. So, I said: ”Let’s rehearse,” and that’s what we did. But the girl turned him down. She said she wasn’t ready to commit right now. She told him to ask again in six months. And it all but killed him. He was heartbroekn. I knew all his gilfriends, including Lisa Marie, who became his wife. In the end, the scorn, cruelty, the vicous meanness.. these are the things that took his life. He was one of the best performers we’ve ever had. He changed everything. But he was only a king when he was on stage.”
— Liza Minnelli on Michael Jackson. (via talkindangerbaby)
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“As a Muslim, I’m sick of people asking me how I feel about 9/11. What do you want me to say, seriously? Do you want me to say, “It was a great plan, mwahahaha!” before I fly off on a magic carpet? I was born and raised in this country and was just as shocked as everyone else to learn there were people on this earth so vile as to commit such a horrific attack - or to even think about doing it. But I didn’t do it. Neither did 99.999999999 percent of the roughly 1.5 billion people in the world who also call themselves Muslims. So why should I or any other Muslim apologize for what happened? Nickleback is planning on releasing another album. Should I ask white people to apologize for that?”
—Aman Ali (via blaqmagic)
