【转载】Michael Jackson 和 Diana Ross 资料汇总 （持续 更新ing）

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最近很忙，可能翻译的不是很快，不过有时间我会翻得，一定会翻译完。

原文 http://lacienegasmiled.wordpress ... 78-1982-diana-ross/

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Dirty Diana
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA1NjYyNjY4.html

Youtube，youku, tudou videos:
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Diana Ross Introduces Michael Jackson, Ed Sullivan Show, 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWz_kgZuMg
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Cl5qlVszRk0/


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Diana Special, Michael Sketch, 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrGTOu59lIg
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTI5NTUxMDIw.html


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Diana Ross Special With Michael Part 1, Feb 1981
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUzMTQ0Mzky.html


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Diana Ross Special With Michael Part 2, Feb 1981
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUzMTQ0NTY4.html


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Attend Academy Awards Together, March, 1981
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/FkHVRRP0VbA/


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Interviewed by Regis Philburn, Academy Awards, March 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpmWUIG7mJY
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/tbAWrmQrDAU/


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Award of Merit, American Music Awards 1984
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTU1MzQ2OTEy.html


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Performing We Are The World, American Music Awards, Jan, 1986
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/sc_5A-SiEUE/


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World Music Awards, 1996
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdlLjBM6bIw
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTE0MjAwMTAw.html

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1971


我特别喜欢Diana Ross. 记住那些歌词不是很难，因为他们有写有歌词的卡片。后来，他应该对娱乐圈的秘密有所了解。

Diana 是，一直都是，整个歌唱组合的监管。和Berry Gordy, 他们是两个管理人员。Berry 在Motown历史上只是管理过两个演唱组合—The Supremes 和 Jackson 5.

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Michael Jackson, age 12

“Diana Ross has told me that people in show business can get hurt. I don’t see how, to tell the truth. Maybe one day I will, but I kinda doubt it”

Diana Ross 曾经告诉我，人们在娱乐场上会受到伤害。说实话，我不明白怎么回事。或许有一天我会明白，但是对此我很怀疑。

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Diana, Newsweek, 1970

When Hatcher later became the city’s first black mayor, he rewarded the Jacksons by spotlighting them at a 1968 civic “Soul Weekend” starring Diana Ross and the Supremes. “He won me over the first moment I saw him,” Ross told NEWSWEEK in 1970. “I saw so much of myself as a child in Michael. He was performing all the time. That’s the way I was. He could be my son.” She convinced her boss, Berry Gordy, to audition the group for his legendary Motown label.

当Hatcher 成为第一任黑人市长后，为了奖赏Jacksons 组合，让他们在1968年的 “灵魂周末”表演中亮相，其中有大明星 Diana Ross 和the Supremes 演唱组合。“在我第一次看到他的时刻，他就赢得了我的心。”Ross 在1970 年告诉NEWSWEEK。“在Michael身上我看到了自己小时候的身影。 他一直在表演。这是我过去一直做得。他好像我的儿子一样。” 她说服了老板Berry Gordy，面试Jackson组合的，使之成为Motown的传奇标志。

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70s

我们为学校做了两件事， 这些发表在报纸上。两天后，我们为市长 （Richard Hatcher）做了天才表演，他邀请了正在Indiana, Gary市访问的嘉宾 Diana Ross 来观看, 她是 Richard 的好朋友。她喜欢我们，来到后台告诉我们她喜欢我们的表演。并且说我们面试两次的 Motown也喜欢我们的演出。

然后我们为市长 （Richard Hatcher）表演，Diana Ross 在观众席。之后我们在更衣室，Diana敲门，她把我们介绍给当时在Detroit 的Motown公司。有两个版本关于Tamla Motown 如何发现Jackson 5，与之有关的Michael 的彩排故事，.大多数不是真的。

当我们在Detroit 被Berry Gordy面试的时候，Diana 走过来亲吻了我们，告诉我们，未来将会是漫长的，她希望成为我们的一员，她做到了，我们一起渡过了美妙的时光。例如，The Wiz 和 电视节目，她一直100%的为我们努力，确保每件事完美无缺。

我即将放弃希望，大概我永远都不会被别人认知，但是Diana Ross 小姐走进我的生命中，挽救了我的事业。在晚会上，她引荐了Jackson 5.

我们在Chicago的Regal剧院表演，这其实是Motown的面试。既然Diana Ross是当时赤手可热的大明星，他们决定借她的名把我们介绍给公众。


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无数次我希望能够像其他人一样。例如，只有两个地方我能出去购物，New York 和 London。有时他们关闭整个商店，这样我可以去买东西。Diana Ross也这样做，他们可以为她关闭整个购物中心。

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Diana Ross
她总是告诉我她最私密的事。这是我们之间的事。

她是个非常真实的母亲形象。当我们在Detroit，Berry Gordy的大厦中面试的时候，遇到了她。我们在池畔表演。所有Motown的明星都在那。Diana Ross 过来告诉我们她是多么的喜欢我们，希望成为我们职业生涯的一员。因此她向公众介绍了我们。我们第一个热门专辑就叫“Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5”.

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July, 1977

Michael is in NYC to rehearse and film his first movie The Wiz, with Diana Ross as his co-star.

Michael在NYC彩排，录制他的第一部电影 The Wiz，当时和Diana Ross 合演。

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September 28, 1977

Universal Pictures holds a press conference at Astoria Studios in Queens ( New York ) to announce the making of The Wiz. Michael attends the event with Diana Ross, Nipsey Russel and Ted Ross.

Universal Pictures 在 Queens ( New York ) 的 Astoria Studios 举行新闻发布会，宣布The Wiz开机。Michael和Diana Ross, Nipsey Russel 及Ted Ross 参加了这一盛事。

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My Family, Katherine Jackson, (published 1990)

Motown was still searching for a house to rent for the family, so it put Joe, Jack, and the boys in temporary accommodations. I was amazed to hear those temporary accommodations happened to be the Hollywood Hills home of Diana Ross. Diana and the boys became attached immediately.

MARLON: The time spent at Diana’s was one of the best times of my life; we got to do whatever we wanted to do. Diana was a kid in some ways, too.

We’d just tear up. Boy, we had fun! Diana, Michael, and I would go swimming all day. To encourage our interest art, she bought paint supplies, including several easels that she set up in the living room.

But more often than not, our painting sessions would turn into big paint fights. We really did a number on her white shag carpet.

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As “I Want You Back” was being released in October, the Jackson Five made their network TV debut on “The Hollywood Palace.” The guest host was none other than Diana Ross, making her farewell appearance with the Supremes. I watched with baited breath from my living room in Gary, with LaToya, Randy, and Janet at my side.

After she and the Supremes opened the show with a melody from the Broadway musical Hair, Diana took the microphone.

“It’s wonderful to return as your hostess,” she said, “especially tonight, when I have the pleasure of introducing a great young star who has been in the business all of his life. He has worked with his family, and when he sings and dances, he lights up the stage. Here he is, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five!”

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The kids were inside. After we got through hugging and kissing, they turned and said, “Mother, we want you to meet Diana Ross.”

Diana, who happened to be visiting, approached me.

“I’m so happy to meet you,” she said. “Your children have talked so much about you.” Then she hugged and kissed me, too.

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When Diana Ross was named to play Dorothy, Michael had further incentive to land a role in the movie; he’d been in love with her ever since he and his brothers had been her houseguests. “You’re not pretty until you start looking like Diana!” he would tease LaToya and Janet.

The fact that we were still being sued by Motown at the time did make Michael wonder about his chances of winning a part in The Wiz. But with Diana’s encouragement he went ahead and auditioned in front of director Sidney Lumet for the role of the Scarecrow. To Michael’s delight, Mr. Lumet loved his audition and chose him for the part.

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Diana Ross was a big support throughout the shooting. Michael referred to her as “my mama” on the set. She made a habit of checking in on him in his dressing room each morning. However, there were some moments during the dance rehearsals when Diana was probably pretty upset with Michael. Michael learned his dance moves so fast from the choreographer that he wound up unintentionally showing up everyone else, including Diana.

“Michael, wait a minute!” she’d have to tell him. “Don’t do it so fast. You’re making me look silly!”

Motown一直都在为我们家寻找租赁房子，因此给Joe, Jack 和男孩子们暂时找了个住处。我很惊奇这个暂时的地方恰好是好莱坞山庄的Diana Ross 家。 Diana 和 男孩子们立刻就建立了亲密的关系。

MARLON: 在Diana家里的度过的时光是我一生中最美丽的时刻， 我们可以做任何我们想做的事。从某种程度上来说，Diana 也是个孩子。

我们开始打闹，很快乐。Diana，Michael 和我整天去游泳。为了鼓励我们对艺术的兴趣，她买了画画的材料，包括几个放在客厅的画架。

但是更多的时候，我们画画的课程变成了画笔大战。事实上战争有几次在她的白色长毛地毯上进行。

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当“I Want You Back” 在10月份发布的时候，the Jackson Five 在电视台的“The Hollywood Palace” 首次露面。嘉宾仍然是Diana Ross，这次是她和the Supremes告别的出演。我焦急的坐在Gary家里的客厅里观看节目，LaToya, Randy, and Janet 坐在我身边。

在她和the Supremes 表演了百老汇的音乐歌舞开场串烧节目后，Diana拿过了话筒。

“再一次作为你们的主持人真是一件非常美好的事”，她说，“尤其是今天晚上，我高兴的向大家介绍一颗伟大的，年轻的明星，在他的生命中，一直都在从事着这项事业。他和他的家庭一起工作。当他唱歌，跳舞的时候，点燃了整个舞台。他就在这， Michael Jackson 和the Jackson Five!”

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孩子们在里面。在我们一一拥抱亲吻后，他们说，“妈妈，我们想让你见一见 Diana Ross.”

Diana 正好来访，走近我。

“我很高兴认识你，”她说，“你的孩子们经常谈到你。”然后，她拥抱并亲吻了我。

当Diana Ross 饰演Dorothy, Michael 有更进一步的兴趣在电影里扮演一个角色；自从他和兄弟们作为客人在她家居住，他就一直爱恋着她。 “你们只有长得象Diana那样才算漂亮”他捉弄LaToya 和 Janet.

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事实上那段时间我们一直被Motown 起诉，这事使得Michael很怀疑他能够在The Wiz.里赢得一个角色。但是在Diana的鼓励下，他前往导演Sidney Lumet 处为稻草人试镜。使Michael高兴的是，Lumet先生很喜爱他的面试，决定启用他。

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在整个拍摄过程中Diana Ross给了他极大地鼓励。Michael 在某种程度上把她当做 “妈妈”。每天早晨她已经习惯了去更衣室去看望他。可是，在舞蹈排练过程中，Diana却对Michael颇为不满。Michael能非常快的从舞蹈师那学习，并掌握舞蹈动作，这使得他无意识的向其他人炫耀，包括Diana.

“Michae，能慢点吗”她不得不告诉他。“不要学的那么快，你使我看起来象个傻瓜！”

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The Ledger, 14 Oct 1977


欢快动听的Jackson 5 中的Michael Jackson 的很激动将要搬到大苹果，开始他在Sidney Lumet 的 “The Wiz”中稻草人的角色。当时Michael据说和年轻的 Tatum O’Neal 关系很亲密，那时他将在8月29日庆祝19岁的生日，正好在开机的前一天。Michael即将和明星 Diana Ross开始他的首次银屏亮相，Diana 非常高兴能够和 Michael 一起走在黄砖路上。他们是老友相聚。

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Michael on filming the Wiz, August-Dec, 1977,

Another, though much less serious, problem occured during filming of the movie. In one scene the Scarecrow had to pick up Dorothy, who had fainted. Michael later recalled the rather humorous incident: “the funniest thing was a scene we were doing on the rooftop. Diana was supposed to faint, and I had to pick her up. But she was too heavy. I kept puffing away on the dialogue while I tried over and over again to lift her, until I finally made it.”

另一个在拍摄影片发生的故事不是那么严肃。在一个场景中，稻草人要抱起晕倒了的Dorothy。Michael 后来回忆起非常幽默的场面。“最搞笑的事实我们在屋顶上的场景。Diana 应该晕倒，我不得不抱起她。但是她太重了。我不停的重复对话，当我试图一次次扶起她，直到最后我成功了。
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Record Mirror, October 22 1977

One person Michael isn’t new to is Diana Ross who plays the lead role of Dorothy. What’s it like to be working with her again?

“I love it, she’s a great lady, a special lady.”

一个对Michael 并不陌生的人是Diana Ross。她扮演主角Dorothy。和她一起工作怎么样？

“我爱她。她是个很伟大，很特殊的女士。”
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Randy Tarraborelli on The Wiz shoot, 1977 (published December 15 2000)

Diana Ross, while filming The Wiz, was asked to Michael Jackson’s apartment in New York and stayed the night.

One of Diana’s assistants said he had been trying to get hold of both of them all morning as they were late for filming. He said that he eventually got hold of them on the phone and was surprised to find they were in his apartment and that she had apparently spent the night there.

When this assistant asked Michael if anything had happened between them, Michael said, “you’d have to ask her that,” and when he asked Diana, she told him he needed to ask Michael.

Later on during the shoot Diana was apparently overheard talking to some girlfriends of hers and said to one of them, “well, I’ll tell you one thing, Michael definitely isn’t gay.”

Diana Ross 当拍摄The Wiz 的时候，被邀请去Michael Jackson在New York的公寓，并在那呆了一晚上。

一个Diana的助手说，那天早晨他一直在试图和他们两个联络，因为他们拍摄迟到了。他说最终在电话上找到了他们，使他惊奇的是发现他们都在Michael的公寓里，很明显她在那过夜了。

当助手问Michael，是否他们之间有什么事情发生，Michael 说“你最好问她。”当他问Diana时，她让他去问Michael。

后来再拍摄过程中，Diana被听到和闺蜜打电话，她对其中一个说，“好吧，我能告诉你的一件事是，Michael绝不是同性恋。”


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London, Disco Dancing, 1978

The movie gave Michael a chance to team up with an old friend, the legendary and beautiful, Diana Ross.

“Diana looked after us a lot when we first started. She and I became good friends. I used to stay with her whenever we’d come up to New York. She got me interested in drawing and all kinds of things.

“One of the nicest things that happened on the movie set was when she brought her daughter and all her school class onto the movie set.

“We had such a great time. Even though she spent almost the entire afternoon trying to bite off the huge false nose I had to wear for the part.”

电影给了Michael一个和老朋友，传奇美丽的明星Diana Ross相聚的机会。

“在我们刚刚起步的时候，Diana照看我们。她和我成了朋友。当我们来到New York.，我习惯和她呆在一起。她使我对绘画这类事情有了兴趣。

“最有意思的事情是，在拍电影的时候，她把女儿和学校的作业带到片场。

“我们一起度过了美好的时光。即使他几乎花了整个下午试图要掉我演戏不得不带上的那个大假鼻子。”

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Bobby Colomby, Todd Gold, Recording of Destiny, 1978

Michael’s gullibility about sex worried Colomby so much that one day he took him upstairs to one of the small, second-storey offices at Cherokee Studios for a man-to-man talk. “Michael,” he started, “you’re a young man. You’re about to get out there in the world and meet a lot of people–a lot of women. And you might run into some interesting situations. Sometimes it’s difficult for you to go to your parents or your brothers and talk about those kind of things. But I want you to know that I’m there for you. That any time you need a friend, in any kind of situation, I’ll help you.” Michael smiles. He was touched. “God, that is so sweet of you,” he said. “But I already have someone I confide in like that.” “Oh, great,” Colomby replied, mildly surprised. “Can I ask who?” “Diana Ross” Michael replied.

Michael 对性的罪恶感使得Colomby 很担心，以至于一天他带他来到楼上，他在Cherokee录音室的小办公室，和他进行男人和男人之间的谈话。

“Michael，” 他开始说，“你是个年轻人。你即将步入这个世界，会遇到很多人，很多女人。并且你或许会遇到一些有趣的情形。有时候对你来说，会有困难和你的父母，兄弟谈论这些事情。但是我要你知道，我在这。任何时间，任何情况下，你需要朋友，我会帮助你的。”

Michael 微笑着，他很感动。“God，你太好了。”他说，“但是我已经有了一个我可以相信的人。”

“Oh，很好” Colomby 回答，稍微有些惊奇。“我能知道是谁吗？”

“Diana Ross” Michael 回到。

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October 24, 1978

Michael attends the premiere & opening night party of the movie The Wiz at the Pitt’s Century Plaza Theater in Century City (Los Angeles) with the Jackson family & Diana Ross among others.

Michael 参加 在Century City (Los Angeles) 的the Pitt’s Century Plaza 剧院举行的电影The Wiz 首映晚会，陪同他的有Jackson的一家和Diana Ross。

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April, 1979

Randy says that Michael is very excited with the Wiz. “He loved it. He knows and loves Diana and that made it so much easier for him. She’s like a sister. He loved the original film and loved the play. He saw it when he didn’t know he was going to do the movie. He saw it about thirteen times.”

Randy 说Michael 对the Wiz 非常兴奋。“他爱它。 他熟知并且喜爱Diana，这使得他很容易出演这部电影。她就象个姐姐。他喜欢这部老片子，喜欢演戏。他已经看了这部电影，当时他并不知道他要重新演绎这部电影。他已经看了十三遍。“

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Ebony, september, 1979

On whether he has any close friends

There are a lot of people I like, and I think they like me, but only time will tell whether our friendships are really true ones, close ones. Diana Ross and I have some deep, deep conversations at times-especially on the phone, because I’m much deeper in conversation on the phone than I am in person.

有许多我喜欢的人，并且我相信他们也喜欢我，但是只有时间能告诉是否我们的友谊是真诚亲密的。Diana Ross 和我在电话里有多次很深很深的交谈，因为我更习惯在电话里，而不是面对面和别人深谈。

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Reading Eagle, Dec 28 1979

One of Mills’ dissappointments, although she’d rather not talk about it, is the fact that Diana Ross got the movie role in “Wiz,” a role that she wanted very, very badly.

“I visited the Wiz set,” Mills is saying, trying to sound cheerful and not succeeding, “and Diana asked me if I was bitter that she was there and I was just passing through,” she recollects. Ross, by innuendo, made her feel even worse. “She told me that if she didn’t get Wiz that Melba Moore or Lola Falana were next in line.”

使Mills失望的是，虽然她十分不愿意谈起，事实上Diana Ross 在电影 “Wiz”的角色是她非常非常想得到的。
“我去the Wiz 的片场去探访，”Mills说，试图听起来很快乐但是却不成功，“Diana问我是否感觉苦涩，因为她在那，我只好随它去。” 她回忆道。Ross的讽刺使她感觉更糟糕。 “她告诉我即使她没有得到Wiz的角色，Melba Moore 或者 Lola Falana 会在我前面等着这个角色。”

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From the book “Before He Was King”, photos taken in 1980:

We arranged to do this shoot of Michael in the Presidential Suite of the Peach Tree Hotel in Atlanta in the late afternoon, the time photographers call the “magic hour,” when the light casts a warm glow and the angle of the sun creates deep shadows. Throughout the session, Michael tended to look away from the camera and directly into the lens, and he only smiled once of twice during the forty-five-minute shoot. We barely spoke to one another, not wanting to break the spell. I made minimal hand gestures to direct him, and I would nod and hum approvingly when I was sure I got something special.

Later, when I showed him the proof sheets of the photo session, he ordered two large prints of every picture, which was highly unusual. Typically, if someone orders one or two pictures from a session, it’s considered a success. I was blown away. “Two of every single one? That’s about 144 prints… Michael answered, “Yes, I can count. I want one set for myself and one for Diana [Ross]. Todd, this is magic.”

在一个较晚的午后时分，也就是摄影师们所指的“神奇小时”，这时候光线有一种温暖的光晕，而且太阳的角度能产生比较深的阴影， 我们在Atlanta的Peach Tree旅馆的总统套房拍了这组照片。在整个拍摄过程中，Michael尽量不看相机和镜头，他在45分钟的拍摄期间只笑了一两次。我们很少说话，不想破坏那种魔力，我很少作手势指示他，当我觉得拍到特殊的东西时，我会点头哼哼。

后来，当我向他展示这次照片的样片时，他要我每张都洗两张放大的照片，这很不寻常。一般来说，如果一次拍摄中的一到两张照片被选中，就算成功了。我被惊呆了，“每张照片洗两张，那是144张…..”Michael回答：“我会数数，我要自己留一套，另一套送给Diana (Ross)。 Todd，这是魔术( This is magic)。
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Melody Maker, March 1, 1980

“Every day [Diana Ross] would stop in my room and ask me if I wanted anything. She’s a real, real mother. We met her when we auditioned for Berry Gordy at his mansion in Detroit — and it’s really a mansion. You think everything seemed big to you when you were a little kid because you were small, but we were back there on the last tour and — ooh — it’s still huge. It’s got everything — an indoor pool, a bowling alley, a gold course — and we auditioned at the pololside. Diana came over and told us how much she loved us and wanted to play a big part in our career. So she introduced us to the public. Our first hit album was called ‘Diana Ross Presentes The Jackson Five.’

When we came out with ‘Destiny,’ which was our first album writing all the songs and producing ourselves, she told us she’s proud of what we’re doing. She told me: to be with Motown or not be with Motown, she’ll always be here for us when we need her.

She checked in on me today. She’s in New York and she heard I was in hospital — I don’t know what made her think so — and I got a message that she wants me to call her. She really cares.

每天，Diana Ross 都会来到我的房间问我是否需要什么。她是个真正的母亲。当我在Berry Gordy 的Detroit 大厦（那可是个真正的大厦）面试的时候，我们认识了Diana Ross。当你是个小孩的时候，你会认为每一件事都似乎是大事，因为你很小，但是当我们从最后的巡演时回来时-oh-那个大厦真的很巨大。它似乎拥有所有的东西-室内游泳池，保龄球跑道，金色场地-我们就在泳池边面试。Diana 过来告诉我们她喜欢我们，想成为我们的一员。这样她把我们介绍给大众。我们第一个热门专辑就叫“Diana Ross 介绍The Jackson Five.”

当我们出版“Destiny”时，这是我们的第一个专辑，所有的歌曲都是我们自己编写和制作的，她告诉我们她很为我们骄傲。她对我说，不管我们将来是否在不在Motown，只要我们需要她，她都会和我们在一起。
她今天寻找我。她在New York听到我在医院，我不知道什么使她那么想，我今天受到留言，她要我给她打电话。她真是很关心我。

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Blues and Soul, May 6-19th, 1980

B&S: How much help and influence did you get from Diana Ross in those early days?

MJ: Diana was – and still is – like a overseer for the whole group. As well as Berry Gordy – they were the two. You know, Berry has only ever managed two groups in the whole Motown history – the Supremes and the Jackson 5. But when we auditioned for Berry in Detroit, Diana came over when we were finished and she kissed and said that we were going to go a long, long way and that she wanted to be a part of it – and that’s what she did. In the things we have done together – such as “The Wiz” or the MTV specials – she been for us 100% and making sure that everything was done for us that could be done.
B&S: So she is someone very special to you?
MJ: Very!

B&S: 在你小时候，Diana Ross 给你有多大的帮助和影响？

MJ：Diana过去时，并且一直是我们组合的监督人，与Berry Gordy，他们是我们的两个管理员。你知道，Berry 在Motown历史上只是管理过两个演唱组合—The Supremes 和 Jackson 5. 但是当我们在Detroit 被Berry面试的时候，Diana 走过来在我们完成表演后，她亲吻我们，并告诉我们，我们前面的路很长很长，她想成为我们的一员，这就是她当时所做的。我们一起完成了一些事，比如电影“The Wiz”，MTV特别节目，她一直都在我们之中，确信每一件事都尽可能的做得完美无缺。

B&S:这么说对你来说她是个很特别的人。

MJ: 非常特别。

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January 30, 1981

Michael attends the American Music Awards with Diana Ross as his date for the evening.


Michael 参加the American Music Awards ， Diana Ross是他的女伴。

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February 5, 1981

During a Diana Ross concert in Los Angeles, Michael gets on stage to sing Upside Down with her.

Diana Ross 在Los Angeles的音乐会上， Michael 走上舞台和她一起唱 Upside Down。
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March 2, 1981

CBS airs a Diana Ross’s TV Special featuring Michael. Together, they perform Rock With You & Ease On Down The Road (with Quincy Jones on the piano)

CBS 播出的一期Diana Ross的电视特别节目，Michael和她一起出演。他们表演了Rock With You & Ease On Down The Road （Quincy Jones 钢琴伴奏）
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Diana, Toledo Blade – Mar 1, 1981

“It would be nice to have somebody to share my life,” says Diana, “somebody who is mine. I really don’t like transit affairs – I can’t stand that.

“I want a family relationship, but a lot of men get really scared ot that. They’re afraid of getting tied up, trapped.”

Diana’s steady date and lover for the past year has been Gene Simmons for the rock group KISS. She took up with him after being introduced by Cher… soon after Cher gave him up.

But there are problems.

For one thing, Simmons won’t go out in public without a mask and, of course, he appears on stage only with full face makeup, usually with his tongue extended.

Complains Diana: “When I went to the Golden Globes, I wanted Gene to come with me, but he couldn’t go, because it’s a big deal about his face and everything.”

Keeping covered started as a gimmick for Simmons, but now, according to Diana, it has grown into much more.

“His ego has nothing to do with showing his face. He wanted very much to go with me to the American Music Awards and thought of sitting in the back, but we knew there would be problems.

“So again, that left me without a date. So I took Steve Binder (a television producer). Sometimes, Michael Jackson and I end up being dates.”

She sighs, stretching on the sofa like a cat, her slender limbs sheathed in a satin jump suit.

“如果能有人和我分享我的生活，那将是十分美好的事，”Diana 说, “属于我的人。我真的不喜欢传播丑闻，我忍受不了。

“我想要个有家庭关系的人，但是很多男人惧怕这种关系。他们害怕被束缚，沦陷。”

Diana过去几年稳定的约会情人是Gene Simmons，他是摇滚明星KISS小组的成员。她开始对他产生兴趣，在Cher介绍他们认识，这发生在Cher和他分手后。
但是问题仍然存在。

有一件事，Simmons总是带着面具出席公众场合，当然，他在舞台上是化妆的，他的舌头总是伸在外面。

Diana抱怨：“当我去Golden Globes时，我想让Gene和我一起去，但是他不愿意，因为这对他来说是个很大的事，比如露出面容及其他每件事。

一直试图隐藏在面具后面是Simmons的噱头，但是现在，按照Diana所说，它已经越来越严重了。

“他的自尊心和露脸没什么关心。他十分想和我一起出席American Music Awards，打算坐在后面，但是我们知道那将是个问题。

“因此，他丢下我不打算赴我的约会。所以我带上Steve Binder（电视制片人）。有时候，Michael Jackson和我结伴而行。”

她叹了口气，在沙发上像只猫伸着懒腰，细长的四肢包裹在缎子般的西服里。

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April, 1981

Alright Michael, so just what’s all this about you and Diana Ross?

He looks to the floor and flounders a bit.

“We’re just good friends.”

好吧Michael，这是你和Diana Ross之间的所有故事。
他看着地板，有点踌躇着。
“我们只是好朋友。”

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My Michael Jackson Encounters,

One afternoon I was backstage as Diana Ross was rehearing for a special I was assigned to. I felt someone come up from behind, and there were three black guys. It was Michael with his two brothers. I can’t tell you which of his brothers, because I was absolutely mesmerized by the quiet, unassuming Michael who greeted Diana with a hug, as I stood just ten feet away.

I couldn’t say anything to him, because I was shocked he was there. It was surprise to everyone. He turned around, and we caught one another’s eyes. He smiled. I smiled back, and just like that he was gone.

一天下午，我在后台，Diana Ross正在重新听分配给我的曲目。我感到有人从后面过来，是三个黑小伙。原来是Michael和他的兄弟们。我说不上来时哪个兄弟，因为我被安静，谦虚的Michael吸引，他拥抱了Diana，向她问候，我站在离他们十英尺远。
我什么也没对他说，因为我完全被他在这里的事实惊呆了。其实它使我们每个人都震惊。他转过身，我们目光相对。他微笑着，我笑回去，之后他消失了。

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March 31, 1981

Michael attend the Academy Awards with Diana Ross and then they go to an after party where he meets and befriends actress Brooke Schields.

Michael 和Diana Ross 一起出席了奥斯卡颁奖，之后他们一起参加了晚会，在那他遇到并且之后成为朋友----女演员Brooke Schields.

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October, 1982
http://www.the-michael-jackson-archives.com/octinterview82.html














BC: You worked with Diana Ross…
MJ: Only very special people. I mean, Diana’s like a mother-lover-friend to me. She’s wonderful. I just produced and edited her next single, Muscles.
BC: Did you write the lyrics, too?
MJ: Lyrics, Music – I just finished that and it should be coming out at the end of this month.

Regarding the “mother-lover-friend” comment, in January 1977 Diana Ross （http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20072719,00.html）gave an interview to People where she reffered to Berry Gordy as her, “father, mother, brother, sister, lover.” At the time it wasn’t public knowledge that she and Berry had had an affair together years earlier.

BC：你和Diana Ross一起工作。。。
MJ: 很特别的人。我的意思是说，Diana对我来说是个母亲，情人，朋友。她非常棒。我刚给她制作并编辑了下一首单曲，Muscles.
BC：你也创作了歌词吗？
MJ: 歌词，音乐—我刚完成，它会在这个月底发布。

对于“母亲，情人，朋友”这一定义，我们可以看看 1977年Diana Ross 在People的访谈，她提及Berry Gordy，“父亲，母亲，兄长，姐姐，情人。”那时，公众并不知道她和Berry作为情人在一起好多年了。

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Diana Ross, Ebony November, 1981


Ebony:你曾经想过和其他人合作吗？
Diana：是啊，你知道，我对Michael Jackson疯狂的迷恋。我或许某天会和他合作。我会非常喜欢的。事实上，他激励我制作下一张专辑，因为他刚刚制作了自己的专辑。现在我正在制作的，我不知道应该取个什么名字。


Diana和Michael Jackson 之间有强烈的纽带，这是他们参加第53届奥斯卡颁奖典礼，旁边是演员 Robert DiNiro.


我疯狂的迷恋着他 （Michael Jackson）, 我非常爱他。他激励着我。他是个绅士，非常优秀的人，是宇宙中非常特别的人之一。

Ebony: 你和Michael 的关系非常亲密。他曾经和你谈论过他会像你一样吗？离开演唱小组，自己单飞？如果他问你，你会给他什么建议？

Diana: 你知道我绝对不会把自己卷入这些私人事情，尤其是这些改变自己生活的重大决定。每个人都不得不自己亲自去做，寻找自己灵魂的归宿，然后做出决定，对自己负责。我疯狂的迷恋着他 （Michael Jackson）, 我非常爱他。他激励着我。他是个绅士，非常优秀的人，是宇宙中非常特别的人之一。我甚至不知道他是否明白自己是如此特殊。因此我十分享受在他身边的日子。你喜欢在天才的身旁，为他揉肩膀。他受到鼓舞，传播爱的气息。因此我喜欢和他在一起。我感觉他将会成为，如果现在还不是的话，一个史无前例的伟大制作人。他已经和 Quincy Jones 合作了。


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Michael, Ebony, December, 1982



Ebony: 你有和黑人女性交往吗？
Michael: 是的，但你不会相信的。
Ebony: 说吧。
Michael: 是黛安娜•罗斯，我爱她。
Ebony: 你的意思是作为一个姐姐？
Michael: 不，我不是那个意思，我就说你不会相信的。
Ebony: 你不是在说想和黛安娜•罗斯结婚吧？
Michael: 是的，我就是这个意思。
Ebony: 但她比你大好多呢。你是说你对她的感觉不仅仅是亲密的朋友？
Michael: 啊哦，这与年龄有什么关系？这么说吧，如果你根本不知道自己的年龄，那你能感觉自己有多大呢？
（翻译选自 shell88的帖子，谢谢， shell88
http://www.mjjcn.com/mjjcnforum/ ... 867&ptid=107992）

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Moowalk re: Muscles 1982

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFJO5LcWGfk
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjU5NzQ2NjA=_rss.html

“That song fulfilled a lifelong dream of returning some of the many favors she’s done for me. I have always loved Diana and looked up to her. Muscles, by the way, is the name of my snake.”

It includes the lyrics; “Let this be, we’ve got this thing made/Lost at sea, hide the desert/Stay with me, you won’t regret it/Take this love, so deep to swim in/Come to me, and let the love in.”

这首歌，唱出了长久以来我朝思暮想的对她的感激之情和崇敬之心。顺便说一句，“肌肉”也是我的蟒蛇的名字。”

（翻译摘自shell88的帖子，谢谢。
http://www.mjjcn.com/mjjcnforum/ ... 863&ptid=107992）

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Premiere of the play Dreamgirls, April 1983

For instance in 1983 at the Los Angeles opening of the musical “Dreamgirls,” Entertainment Tonight reporter Catherine Mann waylaid Jackson at the post-show party. When Mann asked Jackson what he thought of the show, he replied: “It was the most incredible play I’ve ever seen. It’s brilliant. Everybody should see it.”

Asked how close it was to the true story of the Supremes, he said, “Boy, I’d hate to comment on that ’cause Diana Ross is avery dear friend of mine. So I better not say anything.”

Asked when he might tell Ross about the show, he said, “Actually she told me to see it for her. She did.”

例如1983年，音乐剧 “Dreamgirls” 在洛杉矶的进行开幕典礼，今晚娱乐的记者Catherine Mann 在演出后的晚会上拦住 Jackson采访。当 Mann 问 Jackson 他对今晚的演出有什么看法，他回答 “是我看到过的最不可思议的一台演出。十分优秀。每个人都应该看看。”

当问到和the Supremes 真实故事是否很接近时，他说，“Boy，我很难对它进行评论，因为 Diana Ross 是我亲爱的朋友，所以我最好闭嘴。”

当问到，他什么时候会告诉 Ross他看过这个演出，他说，“事实上，她让我为她看这个。她确实是。”

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Michael and Diana, Ebony Nov 1983

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24, Dec, 1983

But it’s Diana with whom Michael confides his “deepest, darkest secrets.”

“They have a friendship as genuine as any I’ve seen,” says Bob giraldi, director of his ‘beat it’ and ‘Billie jean’ videos in addition to Ross’ flashy video. “on set Diana would say, ‘what would Michael think of this?’ Michael would say, ‘what would Diana do with this?’”

但是Michael 向Diana 吐露他的不为人所知的隐藏的很深的秘密。

“他们的友谊是我见过的最真诚的，”Bob Giraldi说，他是“Beat it”和“Billie Jean”， 以及 Ross的绚丽的音乐录影的导演。“在我们问 “Michael 对此事怎么想的？”我们得想想 Diana会怎么说。因为Michael会问“面对此事Diana 会怎么做呢？”

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1983

Of course one of my best friends in the world is Diana Ross. She’s a good friend, a very dear friend. She’s the kind of person I can tell anything to- the most private of secrets! And she tells me her secrets as well. Sometimes I tell her I’m going to marry her. Our relationship goes on forever.

当然在这个世界上，我最好的朋友之一是 Diana Ross. 她是我的一个好朋友，非常亲爱的朋友。她是一个我可以诉说任何事的人---最私人的秘密！并且，她也会告诉我她的秘密。有时候，我告诉她我将要和她结婚。我们的关系会永远持续下去。

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Diana Ross, 1984,

Diana Ross says of her good friend, “Sometimes even I’m stunned at how he can be so shy. He’ll hide, talk like this (she whispers) — then you let him on stage — and and he turns into this sexy, macho thing. I try to get him to step out socially, to get a little more out of himself. He spends too much time by himself.”

Diana Ross 对她的好朋友说，“有时甚至我对他是如此害羞感到很晕眩。他喜欢隐藏，交谈就像这样 （她低声学着）--然后，你让他站在舞台上---他立刻转变成一个性感，富有男子气的人。我试图让他出去交往，不要局限在自己的世界。他花了太多的时间独处。

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JET, 30 January, 1984



在美国音乐大奖的颁奖仪式上，Michael Jackson 接受超级明星 Diana Ross 的亲吻祝贺。
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Jet 6 Feb, 1984,
http://books.google.co.uk/books? ... e&q&f=false

During the interview, Michael made these observations about:
Diana Ross: his lasting inspiration: “To me, she is a peacock… That’s what she is. She has so many colors. She’s not only a singer. She’s a philosopher. She teaches you all kinds of things. She told me to forget about the business side of business because we’re friends and that’s what counts.”

Diana Ross 是他永远的灵感。“对我来说，他是孔雀。。。那就是她。她有许多色彩。她不仅仅是歌手。她是个哲学家。她教你所有的事情。她告诉我忘掉关于商业业务方面的事，因为我们是朋友，那是关键。
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Focus Magazine, February 1984

RO/CLASS: Did the Wiz’s failure disappoint you?
Jackson: I was sorry. Sorry for Diana, me, all of us. But that seems so long ago, now.

RO/CLASS: Are you and Diana Ross still extremely close?
Jackson: Always. She’s my best friend. I love her.

RO/CLASS: The Wiz 的失败使你失望了吗？
Jackson: 我很难过。为 Diana 难过，也为我，为我们。但是似乎它已经成了过去时了。

RO/CLASS: 你和 Diana Ross 一直还是很亲密的朋友嘛？
Jackson: 我们永远是朋友。她是我最好的朋友。我爱她。

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Toledo Blade, 5 March, 1984


Diana Ross 说“他大多数时间独处，太多时间了。我试图让他多和外界交往。我租了船，带着孩子们和Michael去游玩。Michael周围有许多人，但是他非常害怕。我不知道为什么。我认为是他早年的后遗症。

关于他自我保护似的冬眠，Michael坚持如此。“就像血友病患者，避免任何方式的擦伤。“

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Toledo Blade, 8t March 1984


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26th, April, 1984,”Michael Jackson: Body and Soul” by Geoff Brown

“Then, of course, there was always Diana Ross, his ‘mother-lover-friend’ as he often described her. There are two persistent rumours surrounding Michael and his relationship with Diana, only one of which seems at all plausible. One is that he is none other than her son (despite the fact that they only looked alike after his nose surgery). The other is that she initiated him into manhood before he “slipped away entirely”. Whatever the truth, Michael clearly has a very strong attachment to her, and she to him, though her expressed knowledge of him isn’t as thorough or intimate as one might expect: “Michael has a lot of people around him but he’s very afraid. I don’t know why. I think it came from the early days.” Genuine ignorance of him, or polite evasion of the question?”

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Pittsburg Post Gazette, 5 Oct 1984


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Jermaine Jackson, 1984

He’s also very close to Diana Ross but he isn’t obsessed with her.

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Sept 11, 1984

Diana Ross says her favorite time with Jackson is their private moments.”When I’m with him, I try to give him exactly what he needs-a little peace and the feeling that he is loved and that he can trust you”, she said by the phone from New York.

”I also try not to talk about any of the things that other people would talk to him about. I bring up our little trips together or his love of art ot his sketching and ask where he is with that.”

“I care for Michael but I don’t worry about him. I think sometimes that he’s got angels on his shoulders to protect him.

He spends a lot of time — too much — by himself. I try to get him out. I rented a boat and took my children and Michael on a cruise and he loved it. He has so many people around him but he’s still afraid, especially to be alone at night. I don’t know why but he’s always been very cut off and distanced. When you get to be a star from age six and never knew any normal teenage life, when you were just used to the limousines and the tour buses, I guess it is understandable.”

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1983, 85, 86, works on Dirty Diana

Michael writes the first draft of Dirty Diana in 1983, updates it in 1985 and finishes writing it in 1986.

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Diana Ross releases the song “Eaten Alive”, 1985

A song co-written and including vocals from Michael, which includes the lyrics; “One flick of my tongue changes/The meaning of the world… Gotta do her, crawl all over me/You can rip my shirt, drag me in the dirt/I will be your slave, anything you say/I don’t ever wanna be, eaten alive.”

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Spokesman Review, 2 feb 1986


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Diana’s marriage to Arne, 1986

According to Adrian Grant’s book, Michael showed up half way through the AMA 86 ceremonies with Liz Taylor. Diana had already gotten married to Naess in a private ceremony in Oct ’85 and her public wedding in Switzerland was to be in Feb ’86. MJ apparently cancels his attendance at the public wedding at the last minute and doesn’t attend.

Michael Jackson was truly heartbroken that Diana Ross planned to marry Arne Naess, and would later say that he was particularly hurt that she hadn’t even introduced him to Arne, especially since they were already man and wife. “I was jealous because I’ve always loved Diana Ross and I always will.”

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Pepsi Official Will Never Forget Evening With Mike, 1986
http://www.dallasnews.com/shared ... ition1.3cf78ce.html

Michael asked if we would like a tour of the house. Bubbles went back in his cage while the rest of us began the tour with the room next to Michael’s bedroom – the Diana Ross shrine.

With a convex ceiling and white brick walls, the room looked like a wine cellar. Every square inch was covered with photos of Diana Ross from her earliest years with the Supremes. On shelves, tables and the floor were hundred of candles that Michael kept burning 24/7 to “honor his friend.” We were speechless.

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Sam Bono, Bad background actor, 1987

Bono said that he and Michael talked about girls and family.

Sam got a surprise reaction to the the Mary Wilson book. He recalls, “Being that we were on the train for five hours, and we spent a lot of time waiting. I pulled a book out of my bag. It was the new Mary Wilson book, Dreamgirl. I asked Michael if he would write something in the book for me. When I handed the book to him he looked almost shocked. Michael said, “Are you reading this book?” He said, “I won’t read this book. Mary is so jealous of Diana. You should have seen her at the Motown 25th special…” “He just went on and on recounting, as if I were there.” Sam recalls, “So I jokingly said to him that I knew just what he was talking about, I spoke to Diana last night. She said to tell you Hi… and we both laughed about that.”

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Sep 6, 1987, Toronto Star
Diana Ross, who had become a second mother to Jackson, reportedly asked him to make an appearance on her TV show. He declined and the frost set in.  He did not even attend her wedding to a Norwegian shipping magnate.

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楼主，youtube打不开的呀..........囧，我已经插了，楼主可以选择54，或者直接删了也行............

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Moonwalk, autobiography 1988

You’ll hit the charts just as Diana Ross and the Supremes did.” This was almost unheard of in those days, but he was right; we turned around and did just that. Three in a row.

So Diana didn’t find us first, but I don’t think we’ll ever be able to repay Diana properly for all she did for us in those days. When we finally moved to Southern California, we actually lived with Diana and stayed with her for more than a year on a part-time basis. Some of us lived with Berry Gordy and some of us with Diana, and then we would switch. She was so wonderful, mothering us and making us feel right at home. She really helped take care of us for at least a year and a half while my parents closed up the Gary house and looked for a house we could all live in here in California. It was great for us because Berry and Diana lived on the same street in Beverly Hills. We could walk up to Berry’s house and then go back to Diana’s. Most of the time I’d spend the day at Diana’s and the night at Berry’s.

This was an important period in my life because Diana loved art and encouraged me to appreciate it too. She took the time to educate me about it. We’d go out almost every day, just the two of us, and buy pencils and paint. When we weren’t drawing or painting, we’d go to museums. She introduced me to the works of the great artists like Michelangelo and Degas and that was the start of my lifelong interest in art. She really taught me a great deal. It was so new to me and exciting. It was really different from what I was used to doing, which was living and breathing music, rehearsing day in and day out. You wouldn’t think a big star like Diana would take the time to teach a kid to paint, to give him an education in art, but she did and I loved her for it. I still do. I’m crazy about her. She was my mother, my lover, and my sister all combined in one amazing person.

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Once “I Want You Back” came out, everyone at Motown prepared us for success. Diana loved it and presented us at a big-name Hollywood discotheque, where she had us playing in a comfortable party atmosphere like at Berry’s. Following directly on the heels of Diana’s event came an invitation to play at the “Miss Black America” telecast. Being on the show would enable us to give people a preview of our record and our show. After we got the invitation, my brothers and I remembered our disappointment at not getting to go to New York to do our first TV show because Motown had called. Now we were going to do our first TV show and we were with Motown. Life was very good. Diana, of course, put the cherry on top. She was going to host “The Hollywood Palace,” and big Saturday night show; it would be her last appearance with the Supremes and the first major exposure for us. This meant a lot to Motown, because by then they had decided that our new album would be called “Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5.” Never before had a superstar like Diana passed the torch to a bunch of kids. Motown, Diana, and five kids from Gary, Indiana, were all pretty excited. By then “I Want You Back” had come out, and Berry was proven right again; all the stations that played Sly and the Beatles were playing us, too.

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I was already a devoted fan of film and animation by the time “The Jackson Five” Saturday morning cartoon show started appearing over network television in 1971. Diana Ross had enhanced my appreciation of animation when she taught me to draw, but being a cartoon character pushed me over the brink into a full-time love of the movies and the kind of animated motion pictures pioneered by Walt Disney. I have such admiration for Mr. Disney and what he accomplished with the help of so many talented artists. When I think about the joy he and his company have brought to millions of children – and adults – the world over, I am in awe.

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Motown bought The Wiz for one reason, and as far as I was concerned, it was the best reason possible: Diana Ross.

Diana was close to Berry Gordy and had her loyalties to him and to Motown, but she did not forget us just because our records now had a different label on them. We had been in touch throughout the changes, and she had even met up with us in Las Vegas, where she gave us tips during our run there. Diana was going to play Dorothy, and since it was the only part that was definitely cast, she encouraged me to audition. She also assured me that Motown would not keep me from getting a part just to spite me or my family. She would make sure of that if she had to, but she didn’t think she’d have to.

She didn’t. It was Berry Gordy who said he hoped I’d audition for The Wiz .

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When we were doing The Wiz , I was being instructed in the choreography along with my characters – the Tin Man, the Lion, and Diana Ross – and they were getting mad at me. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong until Diana took me aside and told me that I was embarrassing her. I just stared at her. Embarrassing Diana Ross? Me? She said she knew I wasn’t aware of it, but I was learning the dances much too quickly. It was embarrassing for her and the others, who just couldn’t learn steps as soon as they saw the choreographer do them. She said he’d show us something and I’d just go out there and do it. When he asked the others to do it, it took them longer to learn. We laughed about it, but I tried to make the ease with which I learned my steps less obvious.

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The problems on the set were really few and far between and it was great working with Diana so closely. She’s such a beautiful, talented woman. Doing this movie together was very special for me. I love her very much. I have always loved her very much.

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I still enjoy seeing The Wiz and reliving the experience. I am especially fond of the scene where Diana asks, “What am I afraid of? Don’t know what I’m made of . . .” because I’ve felt that way many times, even during the good moments of my life. She sings about overcoming fear and walking straight and tall. She knows and the audience knows that no threat of danger can hold her back.

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Diana’s singing and dancing and acting have stayed with me ever since. She was a perfect Dorothy. After the evil witch had been defeated, the sheer joy of our dancing took over. To dance with Diana in that movie was like an abridged version of my own story – my knock-kneed walk and “bigfoot” spin were me in my early days; our tabletop dance in the sweatshop scene was where we were right then.

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[Tatum and I] developed into a real close relationship. I fell in love with her (and she with me) and we were very close for a long time. Eventually the relationship transcended into a good friendship. We still talk now and then, and I guess you’d have to say she was my first love – after Diana. When I heard Diana Ross was getting married, I was happy for her because I knew it would make her very joyous. Still, it was hard for me, because I had to walk around pretending to be overwhelmed that Diana was getting married to this man I’d never met. I wanted her to be happy, but I have to admit that I was a bit hurt and a little jealous because I’ve always loved Diana and always will.

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