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(On why he didn’t hang out with a lot of other celebrities: )
M: They love the limelight and I don’t have anything in common with them. They want to go clubbing and afterward they want to sit around and drink….
M: I needed someone. That’s probably why I had, uh, the mannequins. Because I felt that I needed people, someone, and I didn’t have - I was too shy to be around real people.
(On fame: )
M: And I’m gonna say something - I’ve never said it before - and this is the truth Shmuley, I have no reason to lie to you: all my success and fame – and I’ve wanted it. I’ve wanted it – is because I’ve wanted to be loved. And that’s all.
M: I wanted to become such a wonderful performer that I would get loved back (from his father and from other people)…I was hoping I could get love from other people.
(On his mother: )
M: I don’t know anybody like her. She’s like a mother Teresa. There’s very few people like that.
(On Tatum: )
M: When I held Tatum’s hand, I was like, in heaven. It was the most magical feeling, it was better than kissing her – it was better than anything,
RB: she held your hand and you felt love?
M: like fireworks going off.
(On Brooke Shields: )
M: That was one of the loves of my life!
M: We dated a lot. We went - we went out a lot.
Her pictures were all over my walls – my mirrors and everything.
M: Man, we exchanged numbers and I was up all night, spinning around in my room. I was so happy – it was great.
(On Madonna: )
M: Afterwards I think she wrote some mean things about me in the press, and I said “she’s a nasty witch”.
(On his father: )
M: He would make you strip nude first…He’d oil you down so when the flip of the, um, the ironing cord would hit you, and it was just like you’re dying…
M: I’ll never forget one day, he said “you guys ever stop singing, I’m gonna drop you like a hot potato”…
M: I never felt love from him. And he’d never hold me or touch me.
M: And god bless my father, ‘cause he did some wonderful things. He was brilliant, he was a genius.
RB: How do you view him today?
M: I am scared of my father to this day…I’ve fainted in his presence many times…I’ll be honest…Once, to be honest. I’ve thrown up in his presence…
M: And now - he’s so different now and he wants to be a better father. I wish he would have learned that earlier.
(On his looks and aging: ) (this breaks my heart)
M: I saw it on the computer. It made me sick when I saw it. I look like a lizard. I look like – it is horrible. I don’t like – I never liked it.
I just don’t want to look old…I hate to see people grow old Shmuley…
M: I just don’t want to look old – and – and – start forgetting.
M: I want to always be youthful – and have the energy to run around and play hide and seek – which is one of my favorite games
RB: Do you want to live a long life?
M: I think growing old is the ugliest…the most…the ugliest thing.
(On race: )
M: You had Belafonte, you had Sammy, Nat King Cole…I was the first one to break the ice, to break the mold ….(talks about all the girls screaming “I love you!” at him) and a lot of the white press – they didn’t like that. And that’s why they started the weird stories…
M: This white guy in a car screamed to her: “go back to Africa you n*****!” And it hurt me so much.
M: I just hate it - because a person’s skin has nothing to do with the content of their character.
(On the press: )
M: They try to shred me apart – because when you’re the top selling artist of all time – you’re the target now.
(On his eating habits on the Dangerous tour: )
M: I wouldn’t eat. She (Liz Taylor) took the spoon and put it to my mouth….
Then they started doing it intravenously.
(On Children: )
M: I would love to come back as a – as a child that never grows old - like peter pan.
M: I see beauty in all children. They’re all beautiful to me. They’re so beautiful and I love them all.
The happiness and the joy that I see in the eyes of children - they give me - they saved my life. I wanna give it back. They saved me, Shumely - I’m not joking (tearing up).
(On living at home with his parents: )
M: I thought I was still this little kid. “It’s not time for me to go yet.
I’m still a boy, it’s not time for me to leave home yet.” I really felt that.
M: I would like some kind of way to disappear where people don’t see me anymore.
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