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Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off.

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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.
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