I think the comment was positive, it’s a good thing if haters recognize Michael’s musical genius at least, since we can’t force them to open their minds and notice Michael’s goodness as a human being too.
But I don't think that we can simply separate his music from who he is. I believe every art is not just a gift from heaven but it has its roots in the artist’s life, their experiences, feelings etc. It is the most true and essential part of their lives. And in Michael’s case this connection is more obvious and visible than in case of any other artist I ever known. Michael’s true acts of love, kindness, understanding of other people, his whole perspective on life is an ART as well as his music.
It must be heartbreaking for Michael to know that most of his fans deny the the most important part of his identity by ignoring his more personal songs. When they say, for example, it was a big mistake to include Heal The World on their favourite album. I guess emotional content of this song seems to be too big challenge to comprehend it for people who never look for truth, freedom and love but stuck in the fear. It really astonishes me how some fans try to explain the presence of such songs as Childhood or Heal The World on Michael’s albums saying for example "we can’t blame Mchael for this awful song because he wrote it for children, so we don’t have to take it seriously at all… actually it should have been released as a separate single and not trash such important album”. I just don't know what to thinkabout it...
So I don’t think that lack of understanding of Michael as a human being can be compensated by recognizing his pure musical genius. Because when it comes to the songs containing some personal message it leads to automatic underrating their artistic value. I cant imagine that I could even try to understand someone's art having negative feelings towards the artist.
