he was always - if i was working with him which i did many cases, i could alwa look at michaeand he wasas focusing. playing. he did is by choice. he is a gius. he was a gius at 9 or 1 sinng that song showed he could do --buit is like anything else. michael bei the biggest star in the world, of folklore just comes. peole say stuff. he was the most miserable kid we have seen. ks would givtheir right arm pursue tir dreamnd 9. tavis: with the parents. to cash in on pursuintheir dream in america you meioned andyou were right aut this, it is at makes motown so greatnd what we cebrate motown this year. iwas thinking michael died at . this is mown's 50th year. i am glad to have you bk. motown had some innate genius is. stevi and marti these cats are geniuses. her than beinso yng, what do u think was michael's geniu >> he was a different kind of genius. micel was a thinker. he did mre research than any of the aists i ha mentioned. he w a researcher. he researched me. rearched a thereat peop came beforehim. he wanted t meethe stars and ended up meeting so manof them. at ninth, he was researcng an

michaeand i started writing music togher in 1967 andwe'd play in a bunch of bads, done a tour and fomedwent out on the roadand when you're playing as these gu you look ut in the audience and you don't know really wat people are thking because 're playinmusic as opposed to actually the groups gng out now that aen't. but tat's a hole other th's a different show. so it' an odd thig. it's always beenan odd tng because we ceated this band whh thenbecame a real band wee done several tureds -- tours. why ai doing that? >> i don't kw. >> because life islike a inese box. but to follo up on that, t save chs, i think when we did li sho as spinal tap i think te bes show from my standpoint was wahing the audience, the show we s. because so would be getting the joke, reciting all the words with us serious fans bringing cucumbers or oter things ty thought wre funny toonjure up things n the fi and others who wer clearly there ju because we were the loud band in town tavis: iheard quote from eddie van halen who sai when he saw the movie it wast s funnto him because it rrored his life. >> teve tyler says