Michael Jackson As I Knew Him
A Note About the Interviews and This Book
The Writing Was on the Wall: Talking About Dying Young
Part 1. Childhood Fame and Joe Jackson
Childhood, Loneliness, Cartoons, and Brothers
Michael's Appearance: An Ugly Man in the Mirror
Michael's Fear of His Father
A Painful Blessing: All I Wanted Was to Be Loved
Rose Fine: Michael's Childhood Tutor
Part 2. Jehovah's Witnesses Years and Religion
Rejection by the Jehovah's Witnesses Church
Did Michael See Himself as God's Chosen? Did He Have Special Healing Powers?
Feeling Godlike, Connecting to the Divine
Michael's Relationship with Religion
Religion and Finding God in Rituals
Racism, Religion, and Anti-Semitism
Following the Golden Rule-With All People
Part 3. Fame in Adulthood
Thinking About Ambition, Success, and Honesty
The Pain of Performing, the Pressure of Staying on Top
Ambition and Patience, Jealousy and Forgiveness, Anger at the Press
Michael and His Fans' Love: A Two-Way Street
Part 4. The Katherine Jackson Interview
On Her Children's Fame and Talent
Religion in Katherine's and Her Children's Lives
When Michael Left the Jehovah's Witnesses
Providing a Sense of Safety
Part 5. Does an Ideal Woman Exist?
Relationships and Wannabe Girlfriends
Thinking About the Perfect Woman
Part 6. Romantic Relationships and Getting Hurt
Women and Trust-Lisa Marie Presley and His Brothers' Wives
Celebrity Relationships Gone Wrong-Madonna and Others
Loneliness, Wanting Children, and Lisa Marie Presley's Second Thoughts
Part 7. Friendship With Child Stars
Looking for True Friendship
Michael and Shirley Temple Black: Kindred Spirits
Elizabeth Taylor: A Special Bond
Part 8. On Children and Innocence
Can Children Teach Us Love?
Why Michael Remained Childlike
God Heals Through Children
Do Black People Have Greater Musical Talent than Whites?
Michael's Relationship with His Accuser and Other Children
Knowing Ryan White and Other Children Battling Cancer
Being Dad with Prince and Paris
