Robert Abernathy interview
Jackson and his brother Jackie are interviewed by Robert Abernathy who questions them about how they got started with Motown, other interests outside of singing and the popularity of different genres of music. They also talk about how their education is handled while they are on the road with their private tutor.
I describe the sound as a pop sound, bubblegum soul mixture. It’s a mixture of soul and we started to capture all the crowds like black, white you name it, everybody.
ABC News interview
Jackson, age 12, is interviewed by ABC News along with his brothers, the Jackson 5 in Florida. Jackson is questioned about what type of audience he likes to write for and what type of songs he likes to create. The interview also covers how the Jackson 5 spend some of their free time when they aren’t rehearsing.
Whatever I sing, that’s what I really mean. I’m gonna keep singing this song. I don’t sing it if I don’t mean it.
Sonny and Cher interview
Jackson appears on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour where Sonny and Cher ask him about his life and career. The Jackson 5 perform Lookin’ Through the Windows.
Soul Train interview
Jackson and his brothers are interviewed by Cornelius and the audience. They ask them who designed their clothes they wear on stage and they ask Jackson how old he was when he did his first performance with Diana Ross. Jackie Jackson responds for all the Jacksons when the audience ask who teaches them their dance steps.
Well we all get in our home studio at home and we all put our heads together and do it ourselves.
WWRL interview
Jackson and his brothers are interviewed by WWRL. They ask Jackson how he felt about Isaac Hayes covering their song Never Can Say Goodbye.
I thought it was great because I like to see other people do our tunes. We all liked it.
Soul Train interview
Jackson appears on Soul Train, where host, Cornelius asks him what he’s looking forward to in the future.
Recording with other artists and going into acting. We get a lot of scripts in but we haven’t found the exact script that we want to use. So we’re picking and deciding.
Dinah Shore interview
Jackson is interviewed with his brothers by Dinah Shore. They ask if there are any fights between them as siblings, Jackson’s premiere appearance at the Ms. Black American Beauty concert, he shows off his illustrations of Ms. Jane Pittman and Charlie Chaplin. There is also a solo interview that Jackson has with Shore where she asks him what he would do if he was allowed to go on vacation.
When I saw Ms. Jane Pittman on TV I just had to draw her, ’cause I thought it was a great role, Cicely Tyson played. She did a great job.
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Freddie Prinz interview
Jackson and his brothers are interviewed by Prinz. He asks them about their new summer sketch comedy shows, Jackson’s love for animals and a solo performance singing Happy where there is a playful call and response from the audience. Jackson’s sisters Latoya, Janet and Rebbie, who are also on the sketch show, are shown in the audience.
We have fun. Yeah ’cause we get a chance to do dancing. Every week we have a dance number, we have impressions we have comedy.
Mike Douglas interview
Jackson and his brothers appear on The Mike Douglas Show, he asks them who teaches the dance moves.
When we get in the room we make them up ourselves.
Soul Train interview
Jackson is interviewed by Don Cornelius after the making of The Wiz, a film by Quincy Jones. They talk about Jackson’s experience with working with Diane Ross, the inspiration from the original script the Wizard of Oz and there is a snippet of a musical scene with Jackson who plays the Scarecrow and Diane Ross, playing Dorothy singing Ease on down the road.
When I was real small I saw the original Wizard of Oz, the Judy Garland version. I always fell in love with the scarecrow I think most kids do ’cause you feel sorry for him and everything and his character, and I always watched him. Matter fact I had the step down they did when I was around six. Follow the yellow brick road!
WBLS interview
Jackson talks to WBLS, Frankie Crocker about how it feels selling 90,000,000 records.
It’s a wonderful feeling to know the whole world accept are sounds and I’m very thankful.
WBLS interview
Jackson and his brothers are interviewed by WBLS and he is asked about his group and his writing venture.
That’s one of the most exciting things that we’ve done, is writing our own material. Its been a great challenge.
20/20 interview
Jackson’s parents, Joe and Katherine and his brothers are interviewed by Sylvia Chase. They talk about how Jackson and his brothers intensely rehearsed everyday after school, how Jackson became shy over time and the energy that is felt from their growing fans which keeps them constantly motivated. Michael:
On stage means the greatest place in the world. You just light up on stage – it’s magic.
ET interview about Thriller
Jackson interviews with ET about the success of his platinum album Thriller.
Every-time I get a platinum album it is never taken lightly on my behalf I’m always honored.
Unauthorized Encino interview
Jackson does an interview with his sister Latoya Jackson in his mother’s home in Encino, California. They talk about what inspires them creatively, focusing on ultimate goals and Jackson’s pet peeve. He also talks about his love for east Indian features and the dark color of their skin.
I think with any type of creation you create what’s inside of you. Subconsciously what influences you. I’m a fantasy fanatic and anything that will take you off into another world escapism, that’s what I like. I’m not so crazy about the reality of everything I like a lot of fantasy and that’s what I try to create.
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Unauthorized interview
Jackson does an interview and talks about his llama, Louie, in his mother’s home in Encino, California. He also talks about his inspiration for writing his songs, the spirituality that children, animals and God have given to his success and the time of the day that he chooses to create. There are a few moments where Jackson sings acapella in the spirit of the moment.
I’ve always said I don’t write my own songs, because I feel I’m just a source, I’m just a tunnel, tube through which they come. I feel somewhere in space they’ve all been written before. I mean Billie Jean and Beat It and all those songs have been up there somewhere they just came through to me. That’s how I really feel. So even though I did it, I just can’t always take credit.
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Beat It interview
Jackson is interviewed during the Making of Beat It the Music video. He discusses what inspired him to create the song, his inclusion of real gang members in the music video, who he considers his real personal friends. He also talks about how the gang world is nothing like what he is used to and how it scares him.
I get afraid of people. I don’t really know people sometimes. It’s a whole ‘nother life that I…I haven’t really experienced that. Like friendship is thing I’m just beginning to learn about. I was raised on the stage and that’s where I’m comfortable and everything else is like foreign to me. I’m just beginning to learn about people, friendship, things like that.
Diane Collins interview
Jackson is interviewed by Collins. He talks about fame and how he sees himself in the industry, particularly how iconic he is.
Its pretty easy for me because so many things I block out. I see myself like you, or like the people in this room. I’m human just like you are.
America’s Top 10 interview
Jackson is interviewed by Kasem, who asks him about his origins in Gary, Indiana, his obsession with the word “magic”, the film’s that inspire him to create his work. They also ask Jackson about alternative career choices if he was not doing music.
When I see magic, I mean wonderment, that excitement, escapism, another world. There are other people that do that sort of thing like Steven Spielberg, Walt Disney. For the spectator it’s exciting, it’s entertaining, it’s joy, it’s love. I like to create magic, myself, I love magic.
Molly Meldrum interview
Jackson is interviewed during his Bad tour with Molly Meldrum. This compilation shows his first interview with Meldrum where he reflects on the sacrifice he had to make to complete his education while on the road and trying to have a normal life. He also talks about his role on the making of The Wiz and Thriller with Quincy Jones and John Landis.
I like to sneak into theaters without being noticed sometime. Sometimes it’s really nothing you can do about it. That’s the price you have to pay. I have incredible disguises. I can fool my own mother. I enjoy doing it because I can see life the way it really is.
