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I first met him years ago when he did a concert in madison square garden. i was bake stagckstage. i just spoke to him a little while. that was the "thriller" days when he had great, great success. i would talk to him. i would say, theres no way this guy is going out to that stage to perform. then youd see him moonwalk across the stage and the place would go crazy. you know, ive had every entertainer working for me more or less. and ive just -- sort of know them all. i knew pavarotti, i knew all ...

And i just spoke to him for a little while. and you know he was sort of low key. even in those days, and that was the "thriller" days when he had great, great success. it was amazing. and i would talk to him and i would say, theres no way this guy is going out to that stage to perform. then youd see him moonwalk across the stage and the place would go crazy. you know, ive had every entertainer working for me more or less. and ive just -- sort of know them all. i knew pavarotti, i knew all the gr...

Record producer ronnie jenkins worked with jackson. >> michael called me, he says, "why cant we create new sounds?" i said what do you mean? he said someone created a drum, right? someone created a piano. why cant we create the next instrument?" this is a guy 40 years old whos literally done everything you can think of but still hungry enough to say, i want to create an instrument. >> reporter: what does something like that do you to? >> challenges me creatively. >> reporter: despite his creativ...

Sounds?" i was like, what do you mean? "someone created a drum, right? someone created a piano. why cant we create the next instrument?" this is a guy 40 years old whos literally done everything that you can think of, but still hungry enough to say, i want to create an instrument. >> what does something like that do to you? >> challenges me creatively. >> reporter: despite his creativity, record sales dwindled as jacksons appearance grew stranger with whiter skin and a severely altered nose and ...

♪ what about us, girl >> reporter: by the early 1990s, michael jacksons new music, even fresh r&b hits like "remember the time," couldnt come close to the phenomenon he had created with "thriller." >> nothing was the same after "thriller." it was his greatest blessing but i think also his biggest curse. >> reporter: even though jackson couldnt replace his earlier success, he never stopped innovating. record producer rodney jerkins worked with jackson. >> michael called me, he says, "why cant w...

Bless the usa. >> if tomorrow all things were gone local work for all my life but go and i had to start again with just my children and my wife vocal and thank my lucky stars to be living here today because the flag still stands for freedom, and they cant take that away. and im proud to be an american where at least i know im free. and i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me. and i would gladly stand up next

>> even though jackson couldnt replace his earlier success, he never stopped innovating. record producer rodney jerkins worked with jackson. >> michael called me, he says, "why cant we create new sounds?" i was like, what do you mean? "someone created a drum, right? someone created a piano. why cant we create the next instrument?" this is a guy 40 years old whos literally done everything that you can think of, but still hungry enough to say, i want to create an instrument. >> what does something...