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“People say, ‘Why is he always with children?’ Well, I was raised in a world with adults. Kids were playing and in bed sleeping and I was up doin’ clubs. I was doin’ club dates. Three in the morning. The striptease would come on after us. You know, we were performing and we didn’t have friends. My brothers were my friends. We worked, we worked, we worked. There was no Christmas, there was no birthdays, it was very strict Jehovah Witnesses. So I’m compensating. Nature made sure that I compensate for the loss. You come behind my gates, you’ll see an amusement park, you’ll see animals, you’ll see everything I never got to do. There’s candy everywhere.” — Michael Jackson

I’ve never forgotten the character they showed, the loyalty they showed, the decency they showed, but many other big names who I will not mention were nowhere to be found when we called on them and asked them to help. — Tom Mesereau

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Michael Jackson in Bucharest (1992)