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Peter Mokran: One of Michael's ideas was that he felt quite rightly that if they didn't spend a lot of money on a Michael Jackson's record, then the record company wouldn't work as hard to promote it.

Peter Mokran: I was blown away with his production knowledge. When he sat down at the piano and played the song I said to myself, ‘wow! I didn't even know he played piano that well!’

John Bähler: He was the most loving, most kind, most generous, sweet, charismatic guy who loved to play practical jokes at people. I become speechless when I talk about Michael because I love this guy so much.

John Bähler: This man had more love in his bones than anybody I know. I've heard about him and I've said about him that if you look up ‘love’ in a dictionary, you should see a picture of Michael Jackson.

Anthony Marinelli: Michael put the thrill in Thriller.

David Wolinski: He had a really good heart, a big heart but he probably did more than he should have for people. He should've been a little bit more selfish because he would’ve been a lot better off... He was always very nice. I have no bad memories of the guy because he couldn't have been nicer.

Jasun Martz: I've had the good fortune and opportunity to work on over 50 albums but that I recorded with Michael Jackson is something I would like to have inscribed on my tombstone!

“Ndugu Chancler: ‘He surrounded himself with great people, but a lot of what was created emerged from his own influence, his own direction: he was very much involved in his projects and he knew very well what he wanted and how he wanted things to be.’”