Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Dear MJ

I didn't know I would cry over you.

I did, finally, shed tears tonight watching the highlights of your friends and family's amazing tributes to you today at Staples Center... I felt so sad inside-- not just because you'd died, Michael-- but because of the crazy way that we all forced you to live.

I'm so sorry for that.

I cried tonight not out of sadness that you are gone; I cried because of how amazing and beautiful it is to see so many people around the world-- millions of people, Michael!-- come together... bound by the power of music and how it fundamentally changes and improves peoples lives. Cynics and sourpusses can say what they want, but the fact is that you... single-handedly changed the world. In leaving the world so soon, you left a lot of joy behind-- and that, like your music, lives on and on...

Peace,
me