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Howdoyoudeal with beinglanous?Vllhak it like havinghns whoscreamyou naneshystedcally?ls it all likea nfter suddenandbrutaldiscoveryloryou today? Tawll:Actuatty,it's notall of a suddenfor us because we'vebeenarounda lotwithMichael.andwe've' seenit before,we'veseenworse,we'vebeenin just beingwith our totallyout-of-control situations uncle.Onlynowthey'refocusing on3T we'renotwith ouruncleanryore,andthey'rescreamingournames, not his.Butwe'redealingwiilrthesituation. ' Is it nice to be the ohiectof sonuch atfrlrtion? r Tawll; h'sgreat! It doesn'tgeta litile scarysonetimes? f awll:.No, it'snotscary.Well.-acrually,it canbe . youdon'twantthento get hiJrt sometimes, because Couldyoutell usabouthow thingsgot startedtoriT? or anything,pushedor shovedoutofthe way.Ift only wiilt MJJ Music.Is thatthe case? Taryl|iWegrewup watchingourunclesperformon that.Andyou'retryingto signautographs for TAt Paftiaily:withthatdeno we weresignedto Epic slagelikeeverybodyelse,justpractisingandgoofing everybody atthesanetime,(laughs) krtyou can't! Becords,andwe keptrecordingouralbun for Epic.lf youlookatthecrediæontheFreeWillv around..We actuallywantedto beconebaseball There's no way!Ywanl get closeto them,butyoa soundtrack, it playgÉanddonusicathe sametime,butastime try anway'. says"3Tcouftesyof Epic."Eventhebio saysthatoùr wentonwesawthatwecouldreallyonlydooneor unclesigne! us to hislabel.Butactually,we werefirst lf it all hadto suddenlyendtonmnow,wouldyou mis theother.Wewantedto beableto dowhateverwe originallysigned to Epic.0ur uncledefinitelyhelpedus it? decidedto doalltheway,lN%.Andas we'vealways wiffrourdealbygettingusintothestudioandhelping lagfr t woutdntnissit if theywereableto keep wantedto domusic,we decidedto Dutmusicfirst us withthedemo,buthe didn'tgetusthecontraëtWe listeningto ourmusic.That'sthe nostimportantthing. gotit ourselves andallthatis greatbut * throughEpic,thesamewayeverybody Thefansandthescreaming Ipfi Butwe stilldoplaybaseball-with fanily and friends- whenever we get the chance. the mostinportantthing,thethingwe'rereallyin itfor, elsedoes. A lotofpeoplealwayssaythatit mustbeso isthemusic.Soif theywere stilllisteningto themusic Likeall theJacksonhrothen Tttoplacesa lotol easygettinga recorddealfor us justbecauseof impofiancein spotÛs. andenjoyingit buttherewerenoscreams,thatwould Moreover,he coachedyour Michael.Wewentto Epicandthen,he presidentof litile leagueEam,. stillbe finewithne. Thenostinportantùing ishat MJJ Music,JerryGreenberg, reallywantedus to be Tawl]: Yeah!Helovesbaseball,ourwholefanily loves onthelabel,andwe thoughtitwas a greatoppoftunw peopleenjoyourmusic. Nowwe'regoingn askyoutwo questionswhich baseball, andwe alllovesports. Andhelovesmusic to beabletogivebacktoourunclewhathe'sgivento too.That'swhyhe choseto domusicas a professional us. AIsqwe wantedto help hislabelgrow,to becone HlStoryMagazine'sgirl rcadercjudging by the tons i aftist.Buton thesidehe'salwayswantedto oî mail we'vereceived- aredling to hearthe oneof thenetdMotowns. participatein sportslikebaseball.lt'struethathe With Tito duringa promotionalphotoshootfor the VictoryTour.t984. managedaurlittleIeagueteam.I'm surewe'll dothe In the background, WayneNagin,currentlyMichael'spersonalsecuritymanaget. sameoneday. Ullhendid you fir# staileonposingilrc so6 lor yoal alûumBrdrerhood? Tagll: Wett,I guesswe staftedwhenwe started wrilng. TheBroTherhood atbun isthefrrst3Talbun, so we workedonitfor a longtine. Theoldestsongon thatalbun is probablyfivèù six.years old. Doesthatmeanthatyouhadpttcompwedarrysongs helore? Iarylt No,we'dwrittennany songsbefore. Btrtyoudidnl ûink theyweregoodenoughto pû on 'Brotherhood? (laughs)Plus Ia[, Exactly.We'reperfectionnists! nusic changes tob,anàourvoicestoo. Belorehe rcleaseofBmtherhood,rfree 3T sorys were previouslyreleased.fhe first,"YouAreThe 0nes,"wasonthealhumtor the televisionseriælhe Jaeksons- fu AmericanDrearu* flle second,"l Didnl MeàaToHurtYou" waspartof ûe original poundkackol theûilnFrceWillÏ; and thefiird,'What Wtll ftlhfe," partoîthe sourldtackforFreeWilly 2. All three Mûese songsarc excellentnumbetsthat placeonyout liÊt album.We especially deseruetheir liked "l Didnl MeanToHurtYou."Wehead thatit youlandedyou cont|,?lct was thanksto this song.that
peoplehavetroublegettinginterviews, andnotthat we'recomplaining thatwehavea lotof interviews, it's justthatwehaveto doa lotmorethantheaverage group,insteadof naybedoingthreeinterviews, say, wehaveto do sixor seven.Youknow,we haveto travela lotandthattakesupa lotoftime,so we don't getto sleep0r d0lther thingsasnuch aswe'dlike t0... Butdespiteall thatyoulike whatyoudo? Tawll'.0h yeah!Wewanttodomusic,toshareour music.0neof ournain goalsis to touraroundthe world,doa concertlikeourunclehas.Whatwe're doinghereis helping. Doesit evergetboringto doall theseinteruiews, to alwaysanswerthesameold questionsoverand over? Tarvff:/es Butwehavetogothroughthis stage, goesthroughinterviews. everybody does,everybody As we develop andgrowwe'llhavenore to discuss than0urfirstSingle, what'sdifferent betvveen this albumandthatalbum..Thenwe'llhaveourfirst concertor tourandwe'llbeableto talkaboutthat, Rightnow,withonlyonesingle,there'snotsonuch to talkabout.Butwe'regrowing. answeÉto. Fitstof all: whatis yourdelinitionof the T.J.:Yes,sure.lt washardbeforeaswellthough, Whatis yourfavoite songfromthealbum idealyoungwoman? becausewe wereMichael'snephewsandTito'ssons. Brolherhood 7 Taryff: Shewouldbesoneoneveryloving,verycaring, So it'shardto findsomeone whoreallvlovesvoufor ï.J:. It'shardto choose.Themostpersonal and a reallysweetperson,youknow-the thing whoyouareandnotforyourlastname. emotional wouldbe "Anything" becauseit'sourfirst everybody wants.Butforallof us,shewauldntsnoke, Anotherquestionthatyowlans alwaysask:whatare single.lt'sa songthatwe wroteandproduced onour yourbirth dates? becausewereallt/canÎstandcigarette smoke.She own,withoutthehelpof anvoneelse,andI thinkit wouldalsoknowhowto havefun,andshe'dbe isAugust9th1975;T.J.'s July1fth1978; bestdescribes 3Tandoursound,soI guessI would l3j: Taryll's justa realperson,somebody intelligent, nornal,not andnineAugust4th... haveto say"Anything." intothefameandallthat.We'renormalguystoo.And Tawll:I haveto agreewithTJ."Anything" is very T"J:.I912!...(laughs) she'dhaveto havelotsof understanding andtrust, special.ButI alsolike"Whv"a lot,becausewe didrt Tai:August4th1973. becausewe travela lot,soshe'dhaveto understand Whatis yourlife like now?Betweentelevisionand togetherwithMichael,whichwaslikea dreancone andtrustus. radioappearances, interuiews,etc.,is yourdaily true,a dreanI didn'tthinkwould happensoso1n.I Youmustalreadyknow whatthesecondquestion existenceasyouimaginedit wouldbe? wassohappytobeablet0workwith hin,itwas hasto be! But we'll askanyway:doyouhaveany fantastic. fui; Well,we'vealwayshada hardtine dealingwith girlfriendsrightnow? earlymornings. We'renotquiteusedto it yet.Wehave fui: "Anything" is ny favoritetoo... 3l'.Notatthemoment, becausewehaven'tfound that to wakeupearlyandthere'sa lotof travelling. Butwe Whateverhappenedto thesong"Brotherhood"? understanding, trustingpersonjustyet!We'realways knewit wouldtakea llt of hardwlrk anda lotof Weren'tall yourunclessupposedto dothehackup ontheroadtoo,so...it'swaitandsee. dedication. vocals? Wouldyou sayit'shardertofind someonelor you Tawll:I thinkwe haveto domorethantheaverage notonthealbun.Butwhenthe fuj: No,thatversion's today,becauseof yourlame? newgroupbecauseoftheJacksonnane.A lotof songgetsreleased asa singlewe'llusebothversions.
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T.J.:Wedidntwanttoputthatversion onouralbum becausewe wantedpeopleto knowthatit's3Tand nottheJacksons.Thatversionis different,it'sunique in itsownway,because there'stwogenerations singingtogetheronit whichis cool. After "Anything,""24/7"isthenewsinglein Europe 'Tease and Me" in theUnitedStabs.Doyoufiavean ideaaboutwhat songsareto lollow? . "t laryll;. We'venade a listof the oneswe'dliketo release.Wediscussthings witt ouruncleandwith peopleatthecompany andhopethingswillgo as planned. Butyouneverknow ùere arealwaysa lotof changes. 'Why" Mll be releasedasa singlesoon? T.J.:, lt maybethenextone,or naybethesecondto next. Whal'stheilory behindthissong? f .J.:0riginally, itwas ouruncle'ssongfortheHlStory album,buthemadethemistakeof playingitfor us beforethealbumwasalready out.Wefellin lovewiththesong, likethe restofthem,butthisone heactuallygaveto us.Wereally admireBabyface[who conposed"Why"las well, whichisprobablywhy hegaveit to us,underonecondition:that we keephisvocals.Sowe kept hisvocalsforthechorus,and redidtheversesin ourown voices.UncleMichaelwasthere withusforthe recording.He helpedusoutontheplacement of ourversesandjustthewhole feelingofthe song.Youshould heartheversionwithhin, that wouldbe cool. Whathappenedlor the recordingol theothersongyou did with Michael,"l NeedYou"? IS1:Weplayedthedemoof that songfor ùurunclewithour voicesonit andhelikedthe songverymuch.Hejustwanted T.J.todooneorlurolinesover because hesaidthatthere woulda littlemoreemotionin it. Sowhathappenedis T.J.said "That'sgreat,butI wantyouto showmehowto doh" Sowe wentintothestudiowhile Michaelwasrecordinghisown songsin anotherstudio,justa fewminutes away.Wecalled himupandhecameover.He camedownto ourstudiofor "l NeedYou"andcoachedT.J.throughthevocals.The modulation attheendofthesongwas alsohisidea. Andtheproduceraskedhin if he wouldsingonthe ending,andhesaidsure,andafterhe startedsinging theproducerstartedcrying,becauseit wassucha dreamcometruefor hin to haveMichaelJackson singingononeofthesongshe'sproduced. WIrydoyoucall Michael "Unùe Doo-Doo"? Taryll:Hecanbesillywhenhe wantsto,asyouknow (laughs).lt's justbeingsilly. Tai: lt'sjustoneof a thousand nicknaneshe'sgiven hinself.We'vealwayskeptin touch,evenwhenhe wasontheroad,andif we'dwrite lettersto himhe wouldalwayswriteusbaik, signings hisletters "UncleDoo-Doo." Justtobe sillv. Soit doesnlhavea precisemeaning? fui. No! (laughs)I wishtherewas. Vllhatis yourfavori@songoll thealbum'HlSnry"? IAi: Gssh,I don'tknow.lt'shardto say.... TJ.: ln anycase,ift probablyourfavorite album, becauseit'sthe onewiththe mostsongs!laughs). Whatdoyouthinkol "Money"? Tawll: Whatdowe thinkaboutnoney? No,ofthe song! Izryll: (laughs)I loveit lt'sgreat,I like "Money"a lot to behonest.Thewholealbumis phenomenal.
l.J.: I likethelyrics,they'rereallypoweiul andin most casesin Anerica,thetruth. DuringtheDangerousfour, you spenta lotof time with Michaelon theroad.Whatwasit like? Taryllilthinkitwas thefircttimewereallylearned abouttravelling andperforming, becauseduringthe VictoryTourandbackin theJackson5 dayswe were so youngthatwe were stillin school.Duringthe DangerousTour,we wereactuallyon vacation,so we weren'tmissing school.Fora coupleof monthswe wereableto spendtimeeverydayreally\eeing howit all fitstogether.Seeingall the fansandthewayhe wasreactingwiththen...Hejusttaughtus a lot we leameda lot. Doyouthinkof Michaelas youruncleor as theKing ol Pop?Canyousaywhateveryouwantto him,for instance? f atvll: Wethinkof hin as UncleMichael,and yes,we tell hin whatever'sonournind. 0ne tine. durinothe
DangerousTour,he wassingingthewronglyricsto "l JustCanTStopLovingYou,"andhewasdoingit show aftershow andwekeptontryingto tellhin buthe keptforgefting.Whenhe finallygotit righthepointed at usfromonstageandsmiled. Wehavea videocaneraso onetimeI askedhin to giveusa waveor somethingfron onstage,andhe pointedat ourcamerawhilesinging"HealThe World."ltwas a funmoment.lt'slike,he'sstillour uncle,becauseit'shardto believewhenvou're playingvideoganes backstage andgoofingaround andteasingeachotherandhavingfun-he's just UncleDoo-Doo then.Butwhenhe getsonstage,even us,we'reallin awe,he'ssophenomenal. Anybody Ûuould bein awe,we'renodifferent. Mostof thetime,peopleaskyoua lotof questions aboutMichael.Doesfltat botheryou? lawll: Wedon'tnind, we\e superproudof ouruncle, we understandwhypeoplewanttoaskusquestions abouthimbecause he'sasgreatashe is.lt'sniceto talkabouthin oncein a while,butwhenyouhaveto wakeuplike5:30in thenorningaN do a television interviewat 6:00andyouonlyànsweronequestion aboutyourself! Butwedon'tnind. Wewouldn'tbe wherewe arewithouthim.andwe knowit. He'sgiven ussomuch.
TJ.: He'sgivenussonuch advice,somuch confidence in ourselves... Tatvll:Hetaughtushowtowrite,howtosing...he's helpedusallûe way.Wewouldhavedoneanalbun onourown,butI don'tthinkitwouldhavebeenas goodasit is withouthishelp. T.J.,you'restill in school.Howdoyou getalongwifl, yourtellow students? Are theyalways askingyou questionsaboufMichaelandtheJacksons? T.J.:No.I goto thesameschoolthatmybrotherswent to.We'vebieenatthesameschoolourwholelife, about15years,so we'vegrownupwiththesame. people.Theydonî reallyaskmeanyquestions, none at all actually.It'sa smallschool,nostly for kidsfrom show-business. LikeTevinCampbell, or Sydney Poitier'sandAuincyJones'children,to nane buta few...Theyjust dont askme. Vllhatadvicedid theothermqnbersof yourfamily giveyoatu getyoustaftedin th'rcprofession? TarylliJustto sticktogether,to workreallyhard,to enjoyit and havefun,andstandupfor what youbelievein.Just stick together. lstherea chancethatyou'll be playingtheopeningact îor Michael'sHlStorytour? Taryff: /t'sposslble,thoughwe haven'taskedouruncle.We haventdiscussed this.lf he wantsusto. we wouldloveto do it,lthinkanybodywould loveto doit, but it'snotsomethingthat wefeelhasto happenforSTto beconea success. Withor withoutopeningfor ouruncle , we feelwehavea goodalbum anda goodoppoftunityto make it. We'renotbeggingfor i7 we're not countingonit. .lllichael andJanetare bodr phenomenal dancers.Areyou planningondancingin your nextvideo? f awfi: Wedancea littlebit,but we'renotasgoodastheyare. They'rephenonenal.lt'sall right though(laughs),becausewe canplaybaseball! Whatdoyou thinkof yoar manager,Fnnk Dileo? Taill; He'sgreat!He'sfun. We'veknorrnFrankfora while. Ourfanilyhasknownhin fora longtine. He'dalwayskickus outofthe dressingroon when uncleMichaelhadto dosonethinaandcutoffour videogames whenitwas timeto gettheworkdone, stoptheplaytine.Buthe'sa greatguy,he'sfun! llllhatareyourlavoritepaûtines? Tawll: Welike videogames, movies,anythingfun. Iai: Sleepin9...(Iaughs) Wherewotld youlike to be in l0 years? i Tawll:Forme,onstagewithny brothers,playing stadiuns... lai:, Samefor me. Tol; Tenyears?0n stage,touringall overhe world. Soin aword,you'rehappy? IAi We'rehappyaboutthewaythingsaredeveloping andthedirectionthey'regoing.All thehardworkis staftingtopayoff,butthere'salwaysroomfor improvement andwe're stilllearning. Well,onbehalfofHlStoryMagazineandall our readerc,we'dlike to wishall of youthe bestof luck T.J.:Thankyouverymuch.I wantyouto knowthat yournagazineis reallymyfavorite.I'm serious!A few weeksagowe askedFrankDileoto get usa subscription. Wefightoverthecopiesyougaveus last yolLcanputthatin the time.tt'sST'sfavoritenagazine, interuiew! I
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; r D e a rM i s t eK r n o w i t aIl lb: e c a mae v e g e t a r i abne c a u sIer e a di n o n eo f M i c h a e lb ' so o k tsh a th e ' sa v e g e t a r i al n s i. t t r u et h a tM i c h a ei sl a v e g e t a r i aA nn ?i t a Rozsa, 14- Aurora. Colorado. * Yes,it'struethatMichaelhasbeena vegetarianfor manyyears.But youknow, afterreadingyourIetter,I realized something: I amsurethatMichaelwould wholeheaftedly agreewithmethatyou shouldneverdo something, no matterwhat it is,simplvbecauseMichaeldoesit too.lf youdecideto becomea vegetarian, to danatemoneytospecialcharitiesorto prltect animals, it shouldn'tbe justto imitate Michael.Youshoulddo it becauseyoureally believein it. Tocopycator imitatesomeone, evenif it's somelnewho youknowis trulya goodpersondeepdown,likeMichael,can be risky.Becominga vegetarianis not somethingto be takenlightly,for example: ylur dietaryregimemustbe carefully balancedto ensurethatthereareno health risks.All theproteinsfoundin meat,the proteinsessentialfor a healthy,happybody, mustbe replacedby theirvegetable equivalents. Michaelhasa personalcook who seest0 it that hismealscontainthe precisequantities oftheseproteinsand otheressentialvitaminsandminerals,but remember, noteveryone hasthisprivilege. I will tellyou,andI amsurethatMichael wouldsaythesamething,thatyoumustbe carefulwithvourhealth.andconsulta
if youwantto becomea specialist MichaelJacksonis a sourceof vegetarian. inspirationfor millions,he canhelpyou discoverlotsof wonderfulthingsaboutthis life,but don'tforgetthat youallne are for decidingwhat'sbestforyou. responsible t . l D e a rM i s t eK l l v: e sr i n c eI w a sa r n o w i t aE ( a g e 5 ) ,l ' v ea l w a y s f a n M i c h a eJla c k s o n g .a y b ey o uc a nh e l p w o n d e r esdo m e t h i nM m eo u t W . h e ne x a c t ldv i dM i c h a ebl e c o m e theKing0f Pop?Wasit duringthe }ff The Pleasetell me.Amy Wallalbumor Thriller? Kansas. 11- Shawnee, Harbin, in theeyesof the * My dearAmy:officially, world,MichaelJacksonbecametheKing0f andmany Butformepersonally Popin 1991. 0f Pop King the has been Michael others, And we all knowthathe has sinceThriller. deservedthistitlefor a longtime.Fans startedcallinghimby thisnameas earlyas butthemediaonlypickedup on it in 1988, 1991.,.
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