web stats
  • Home
  • Music
    • All Music
    • Freestyles
    • Mixtapes
  • Videos
  • News
  • Exclusives + Premieres
    • Premiere
    • Exclusive Interviews
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Music
    • All Music
    • Freestyles
    • Mixtapes
  • Videos
  • News
  • Exclusives + Premieres
    • Premiere
    • Exclusive Interviews
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
News

Pharrell Williams x Michael Jackson Interview (2003)

Navjosh by Navjosh
October 10, 2009
Pharrell Williams x Michael Jackson Interview (2003)

Look what I just found. Michael Jackson interviewing Pharrell Williams. Believe that.

The story goes like this: The interview/article was originally supposed to be on Pharrell. During the process, he casually mentioned that he’d always wanted to speak to Michael Jackson, who had been in the news after appearing in British journalist Martin Bashir’s infamous television documentary, Living with Michael Jackson, which portrayed the singer at his most bizarre. After a lot of communication, Williams had his way and Jackson agreed to do the interview. This is from 2003 when Pharrell was still on the come up from Virginia.

MICHAEL JACKSON: So, I’m interviewing you, right? And I think it’s seven questions, or something like that?

PHARRELL WILLIAMS: Sure. Whatever you like.

JACKSON: Okay. What would you say inspires you in your music? What is it that inspires you to create your music?

WILLIAMS: It’s a feeling. You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard. So when I’m playing, I’m sort of painting a feeling in the air. I know that might sound corny, but—

JACKSON: No. No, that’s a perfect analogy.

WILLIAMS: And when you know it’s done, you know it’s done. It’s like painting or sculpting. When you let it go it’s because you know that it’s finished. It’s completed. And vice versa—it tells you, “Hey, I’m not done.”

JACKSON: Yeah. And it refuses to let you sleep until it’s finished.

WILLIAMS: That’s right.

JACKSON: Yeah, I go through the same thing. [laughs] And what do you think of the music today—are you into the new sounds that are being created and the direction that music is going?

WILLIAMS: Well, personally, I kind of feel like I’m taking notes from people like yourself and Stevie [Wonder] and Donny [Hathaway], and just sort of doing what feels right.

JACKSON: Right.

WILLIAMS: You know, like when everyone was going one way, you went Off the Wall.

JACKSON: Right. [laughs]

WILLIAMS: And when everyone else was going another way, you went Thriller. You just did it your way. And I’m taking notes from people like yourself, like not being afraid to listen to your feelings and turn your aspirations and ambitions into material. Making it happen, making it materialize . . .

JACKSON: Who are some of the older artists—not the artists on the radio today—who inspired you when you were younger? Like the artists your father listened to, did you learn anything from those artists?

WILLIAMS: Absolutely. The Isley Brothers.

JACKSON: Yeah, me too. I love the Isley Brothers. And I love Sly and the Family Stone.

WILLIAMS: Donny, Stevie.

JACKSON: You like all the people I like. [laughs]

WILLIAMS: Those chord changes. They take you away.

JACKSON: Beautiful, beautiful. Okay, well, where are you? In New York?

WILLIAMS: I’m in Virginia Beach, Virginia, sir.

JACKSON: Virginia! Oh, beautiful. Will you give my love to Virginia?

WILLIAMS: Yes. Thank you.

JACKSON: And your mother and your parents? Because God has blessed you with special gifts.

WILLIAMS: Thank you, sir. And I just want to say something, and I don’t know if you want to hear this, but I just have to say it because it’s on my heart. But people bother you—

JACKSON: Yeah.

WILLIAMS: Because they love you. That’s the only reason why. When you do something that people don’t necessarily understand, they’re going to make it into a bigger problem than they would for anybody else because you’re one of the most amazing talents that’s ever lived. You’ve accomplished and achieved more in this century than most any other men.

JACKSON: Well, thank you very much. That’s very kind of you.

WILLIAMS: What you do is so amazing. When you are 100 years old, and they’re still making up things about what you’ve done to this and what you’ve done to that on your body—please believe me, if you decided you wanted to dip your whole body in chrome, you are so amazing that the world, no matter what they say, is going to be right there to see it. And that is because of what you have achieved in the music world, and in changing people’s lives. People are having children to your songs. You’ve affected the world.

JACKSON: Thank you very much. It’s like the bigger the star, the bigger the target. You know when you’re—and I’m not being a braggadocio or anything like that—but you know you’re on top when they start throwing arrows at you. Even Jesus was crucified. People who bring light to the world, from Mahatma Gandhi to Martin Luther King to Jesus Christ, even myself. And my motto has been Heal the World, We are the World, Earth Song, Save Our Children, Help Our Planet. And people want to persecute me for it, but it never hurts, because the fan base becomes stronger. Andthe more you hit something hard, the more hardened it becomes—the stronger it becomes. And that’s what’s happened: I’m resilient. I have rhinoceros skin. Nothing can hurt me. Nothing.

WILLIAMS: That’s precisely my point. I just want to let you know you’re amazing, man. What you do to music, what you’ve done to music, from “Billie Jean” to “That’s What You Get (For Being Polite)”—[sings]“That’s what you get for being polite.”

JACKSON: Oh, you know that one? [laughs]

WILLIAMS: [sings] “Jack still sits all alone.”

JACKSON: Boy, you know all those ones . . . [hums a guitar riff]

WILLIAMS: If I never work with you, just know that you are unstoppable. That’s why I said, when you’re 100 years old and you decide to dip your entire body in chrome, as much as they say things—and I don’t care what they say about you, sir—they’re going to be right there to see it.

JACKSON: There’s a lot of jealousy there. I love all races, I love all people, but sometimes there’s a devil in people, and they get jealous. Every time there’s a luminary that goes beyond the heights of his field of endeavor, people tend to get jealous and try to bring him down. But they can’t with me because I’m very, very, very strong. [laughs] They don’t know that, though.

WILLIAMS: They know! Please believe me, they know!

JACKSON: Anybody else would’ve cracked by now; they can’t crack me. I’m very strong.

WILLIAMS: Of course. They couldn’t crack you when you were 10, because you were destroying grown men doing what you did with your voice and your talent. And when you were 20, you were outdoing people that had been doing it for 20 or 30 years. And nowadays they’re still waiting to see where you’re at. They want to see your kids, they want to see your world. You’re amazing, and I just wanted to tell you that, man. And I hope that this all gets printed because it’s very important to me. I hope that I can be half as dope as you one day.

JACKSON: Oh, God bless you. You’re wonderful, too . . . Have a lovely day.

WILLIAMS: You too, sir.

JACKSON: Thank you. Bye.

WILLIAMS: Bye.

Via

Related Posts

Black Rob Pays Homage to DMX From Hospital Bed; Fans Worried by His Health Condition
News

Black Rob Pays Homage to DMX From Hospital Bed; Fans Worried by His Health Condition

10 hours ago

...

Read more
DMX Reportedly Suffers Drug Overdose; In “Grave Condition”
News

DMX Passes Away at 50

22 hours ago

...

Read more
DMX Brain Test Results Show No Improvement; Remains in Coma
News

DMX Brain Test Results Show No Improvement; Remains in Coma

2 days ago

...

Read more
Posthumous Prince Album ‘Welcome 2 America’ Releasing in July; Listen to the First Single
News

Posthumous Prince Album ‘Welcome 2 America’ Releasing in July; Listen to the First Single

2 days ago

...

Read more
DMX Reportedly Tests Positive for COVID-19 (Update)
News

DMX Reportedly Tests Positive for COVID-19 (Update)

3 days ago

...

Read more
Kanye West Documentary 21 Years In The Making Reportedly Sold To Netflix For $30 Million
News

Kanye West Documentary 21 Years In The Making Reportedly Sold To Netflix For $30 Million

4 days ago

...

Read more
Load More

Discussion about this post

ADVERTISEMENT

POPULAR

News

Yelawolf Announces He’s Releasing An Album Per Week in April

March 23, 2021
News

NBA YoungBoy Arrested, K-9 Used To Find Him

March 23, 2021
News

Cardi B & Offset Celebrate Her Fifth Number 1 ‘Up’ with Instagram Live Session: Watch

March 23, 2021

Sign up for our NEWSLETTER for breaking stories and exclusives.

We never share your email with any 3rd party. You can unsubscribe at any time.

HipHop-N-More

© 2008-2021 HipHop-N-More. All Rights Reserved.

HHNM

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Submit Music
  • Advertise With Us

FOLLOW US

No Result
View All Result
  • Music
  • Videos
  • News
  • Exclusive Interviews
  • Premiere
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • New Artist Submissions
  • Read us on Google News
  • Read us on Apple News

© 2008-2021 HipHop-N-More. All Rights Reserved.