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Michael was married to his work, and it puzzled him that we could allow women to come between us and our music. The echoes of Joseph’s conditioning were not lost on me. But Michael’s passion and companion was music: he simply had no room in his life for a woman. In the brotherly void, he grew accustomed to being on his own. The more time he spent alone, the more going solo seemed less alien. But the propelling force was Diana Ross. She was in his ear, saying he needed to chase what he wanted, advising him how to use his name, not the family name, making him believe in her example of leaving the Supremes. One of the hottest acts around - and a mentor he adored - was telling Michael that if he wanted to be the best, he had to jump… and fly. At least, that was how the message was relayed back to me.
It was life changing advice, issued in New York on the set of Universal’s adpatation of the musical, The Wiz. Diana played Dorothy and Michael played the Scarecrow. The whole experience lit another desire within Michael: to get more involved in movies. It also brought him exceptionally close to Diana.
His devotion to our Goddess of Motown developed from a teenage crush into a young man’s infatuation. I think it’s fair to say that, in his mind, Diana was the first woman he fell in love with. I always wondered if she felt for him the way he felt for her, or if she saw him as the little boy she’d first met. Michael felt she no longer viewed him as a boy, but as a man and a respected artist. They had the kind of true friendship that rarely exists in Hollywood and I think that was what he prized most. As for how intimate they truly became, this is where his music - nearly always semi auto biographical - should speak for itself. Go listen to the wistful lyrics of “Remember the Time” released in 1992. That song was, as Michael told me, written with Diana Ross in mind; the one great love that, as far he was concerned, escaped him.

Jermaine Jackson | You Are Not Alone