Producer opens up about record-breaking collaboration with the late singer



Quincy Jones has talked about his time working with King of pop, saying they came together by accident.

In an interview with Billboard to mark his 80th birthday and forthcoming induction to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, the celebrated producer, who worked with Jackson on his albums 'Off The Wall', 'Thriller' and 'Bad', says he met the fledgling solo artist while making 1978 'Wizard Of Oz' adaptation 'The Wiz'. Jackson initially asked Jones if he'd help him find a producer.

"I said, 'Michael, look, you don't even have a song in the picture yet. I don't want to think about that. Let’s get you a song'. He was only on 'Ease On Down The Road', that's all we had. He was so curious, inquisitive. He knew everybody's dialogue [in the film]."

Of their collaborations, which led to the best-selling album of all time in 'Thriller', which has sold around 110 million copies, Jones was looking to see what he could do that hadn't been done before"I was thinking about the range of his voice. That's the stuff you do, the architecture of your production. Michael was so smart and intuitive. He just hooked onto everything and watched everybody. Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr, James Brown. We put our backgrounds together and we did it."

Jones, who has been nominated for a record 79 Grammys, winning 27 of them, will be inducted into the Rock And Hall Of Fame on April 18. He said: "It's too early. I'm too young. My age may be 80 but I feel 35."

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this two together created PURE magic.the greatest music duo ever.. Happy birthday Quincy

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Quincy better SHADE

Thats so true, my friend is interning at a studio out in LA as a part of his college credit and he said that the new artists are very rude to the staff and act like theyre better than everyone, one even threw her coffee on an intern because it was warm by the time her got back to the studio. but the few successful artists he's come in contact with are very down to earth, one big artist even helped him clean up the dishes the artist and their entourage used during their session.