Re: Quincy Jones new interview
He's losing his mind with age.
The way he speaks about MJ, not just in this interview, but in others as well, is shameful, classless and uncalled for. They made great music together for a period of time, then they each went their own way doing different things. That's all Quincy needs to say.
JMHO
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking while reading the interview! He sounds as if he's gone senile and not knowing what he says anymore.
To be honest, I agree with Quincy. Quincy is a little nuts, but he's right. But every musician borrows random ideas now and then - I do it myself - and Michael Jackson was addicted to plastic surgery. And it was drugs that killed him...no matter who administered it, the drugs killed Michael Jackson.
The worst thing he said in this interview was that Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles were talentless. And how Quincy kept on going on about how he can make a hit in his sleep. Maybe there is a reason why people don't hire him anymore to produce their records...he doesn't know what a hit is anymore. Dude's full of himself.
At least he didn't bring up the allegations. Quincy stepped around that, and I'm happy with that. And he never said Michael wasn't talented...he just said he wasn't completely original (and no musician, I don't care who it is, is...it's impossible to not repeat something someone else has done sometimes.)
Quincy is not talking about 'borrowing' some ideas. He accuses Michael of stealing. And isn't that claim rather up to the composers of the songs mentioned? If they feel they've been betrayed, THEY should reach out to the estate or the courts and not Quincy who hasn't got anything to do with it (furthermore, he produced the songs, so shouldn't he be held responsible as well??)
And how can you claim Michael was
addicted to surgery? Did you read the autopsy report? He could've had far more operations than he actually did. Having an addiction means that you can't stop. And Michael did stop, and pretty quickly.
And even if he had been addicted, which he wasn't, what's that got to do with the professional relationship they had? It's none of Quincy's business to comment on that. That was Michael's private decistion an no one should question it, same as no one should judge you by the colour of your car or your hairstyle.
Quincy just overstepped the mark.
I'm not saying all people should praise Michael.. of course you can say "well, I enjoyed this, but I didn't like that.." that's just normal. And I don't mind some of the stories people are telling like the ones from Brett Ratner or Chris Tucker. They only show that Michael was human. But throwing shade at someone you've worked with and been successful with for such a long time and claiming things without any proof is just bad behaviour.
He sounds like a senile man to me who lashes out because he think's it's cool.
I liked Quincy and that's just something I never expected of him.