There were certainly songs I really liked listening to. I always liked "Ben." And "We are the World," which was a collaboration. But on stage and in his videos, he was mesmerizing. To hear some of those songs by themselves on the radio--nothing special for me. But watching him move in those videos--that was always special.

I heard that record exec Berry Gordy said something like this: "A Michael Jackson doesn't come around once in a lifetime, or once in a century. He comes around once."

Now THAT'S profound. 

You could say the same about a handful of other entertainers: Elvis, the Beatles (as a group), and I can't think of anybody else.