Quote Originally Posted by PeruvianSkies
However, my question is still this....

Is there an ounce of respect for someone like this??? Can we appreciate the music, but not the musician?
I can appreciate someone's music and still have no respect for the musician as a person. I can think of several people that I might even pay to see but I still wouldn't walk across the street to talk to them for free. Conversely, just because someone is a nice or respectable person doesn't necessarily mean they're worth two flips as a musician or artist.

But an ounce of respect for someone like Michael Jackson? Not in this lifetime. Mikey and Bill Gates are still alive because Hell isn't warm enough yet.