Originally Posted by cliffmac

I say screw Jackson, he was an idiot. If you have that much talent how could you be that stupid? I submit that, while a victim of poor handlers, he was a moron. I'm sorry, but this guy was a total jerk. Look at the history of these uneducated hillbillies who were exploited by the industry types; Elvis Presely, Rick James, Chuck Berry, this chick Spears, James Brown...I could go on and on if I thought about it long enough. And that's just musicians....forget about actors and stuff.....I have no sympathy for that kind of lunacy...you have everything at your door step and you are so ****ed up that you can't see it? I wish I were that screwed up I reckon.
The only thing I can think is the ego that drives you to be that kind of talent also allows you feel that you can't (or don't) need to deal with the day to day issues that the rest of us do...it always catches up with these
clowns....always. How come Mick Jagger or Sting or Paul McCartney or
Don Henely or whatever don't experience these pitfalls? hmmmmm