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Jenny Morriss
The reason why everybody loved Michael was because of the way
he made them feel. He would eyeball you while you were talking,
as though your piece of information was THE most important in
the world (which I have to admit in my case it usually was) but
he never looked to see who was more interesting in the room,
and he always made you feel special, boy or girl, old or young,
black or blue.
I always despaired every time I saw a new publicity photo of
Michael because he was NEVER smiling. He would have this somber
pissed of look, the prerequisit "Rock Star" glower
and yet he was so totally different in life. He was constantly
ready for a good laugh, and constantly making people laugh even
in not such happy times.
I feel most proud of him when I think of the mammoth progression
he made in his life as a singer. He was always a pretty good
lyricist, always a mesmerising performer, but as a singer the
person I heard when we first met in 1982, and the singer he became
encompassed (to quote someone famous) all prerequisits from A
to Z. He made himself into a seriously good singer from someone
who got into the business by default.
I could go on but some things aren't for sharing and all that
needs to be said is that the world's a far more colourful place
for having known him.
Jenny Morris, 10 October 1999
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