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I love this interview so much. 

The fail-wink gets me every time.

The fail-wink gets me every time.

Oh ! I really appreciate this. It is really beautiful. Thank you CBS, thank you Quincy Jones, thank you my mother & father and all the beautiful fans who bought you know the record. And God… (looking at the award) I really appreciate it, I love it.

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Stylin’ on the Triumph Tour.

Stylin’ on the Triumph Tour.

look-down-upon-me-jesus:

Shooting a Suzuki commercial 1981

whoslovinyou: “I remember spotting Chuck Berry, sitting alone near a buffet table at the after-party for the American Music Awards, and thinking Michael might like a picture with him. I wanted to show an intergenerational kinship, a grandfather and grandson image, and I asked Chuck if Michael could sit on his lap. Chuck agreed, Michael came over for the shot, and without any prompting, their hands met in a Black Power handshake… And in this handshake, perhaps he is passing some of his strength and determination to the next generation, to Michael”. - Todd Gray, Michael Jackson: Before He Was King

whoslovinyou:

“I remember spotting Chuck Berry, sitting alone near a buffet table at the after-party for the American Music Awards, and thinking Michael might like a picture with him. I wanted to show an intergenerational kinship, a grandfather and grandson image, and I asked Chuck if Michael could sit on his lap. Chuck agreed, Michael came over for the shot, and without any prompting, their hands met in a Black Power handshake… And in this handshake, perhaps he is passing some of his strength and determination to the next generation, to Michael”.
- Todd Gray, Michael Jackson: Before He Was King

tagged → #Off the Wall era