On Wednesday , September 10 , 2003 at 8 : 45 am , Michael Jackson granted KIIS FM personality Rick Dees an exclusive on - air interview . He phoned in to the Los Angeles based radio station from Toronto , Canada to discuss his charity event and after party , both being held at his Neverland Valley Ranch on September 13 , 2003 . The after party , which is being hosted and broadcast live by Klub Kiss ( KIIS FM 102 . 7 ) , will follow Michael ’ s charity event and run from 7 : 00 pm to 2 : 00 am . KISS FM awarded 12 lucky winners free tickets to the party . Other party - goers paid $ 2500 for a ticket for four guests , or $ 725 per individual ticket . A portion of the proceeds from this event will go to the ' Make a Wish Foundation . ' Rick : Michael , it ' s Rick Dees ! Michael : Rick , how are you ? Rick : How are you ? Michael : How you been doin '? Rick : Couldn ' t be better , sir . And you ' re in Toronto now ? Michael : Yes , I ' m in Toronto . I just decided to come up here and write music . Rick : You know who else is living in Toronto now ? Prince . Prince decided to move from Minneapolis to Toronto . Michael : The singer ? Rick : Yes , Prince the singer . Michael : You ' re kidding ! Rick : And he and his wife . .. in fact , Jimmy Jam told me they ' re living there now . Michael : Jimmy Jam is so nice . Rick : Isn ' t he the best ? Michael : Yeah . .. Rick : I wanna thank you for what you ' re doing on Saturday . Everybody is so incredibly jazzed . Now I have seen your wonderful , beautiful ranch . But most people just fantasize about what it would be like to just walk the grounds . .. and now we ' re going to get a chance . Now will you be there ? Michael : Uh . .. yes , I will be there . Rick : Alright ! Girl in background : That ' s what we wanted to hear . Michael : Yep , I will be there . Rick : Commander Chuck Street said that he really enjoyed taking you up in the helicopter . Michael : Aww , that guy is so nice . He ’ s wonderful . Rick : He had 20 , 000 hours and he said that it was just a wonderful experience and that you had wanted to see the ranch from a mountain , like in the back where the forest is . Michael : Right , Mount Katherine . Rick : He said that Mount Katherine is almost 29 , 000 feet . .. No , no , I ' m just saying . .. but uh , how tall is she ? Michael : Personally , I don ' t know . .. really tall . .. Rick : It ’ s quiet . .. you know when I was there , Sophia Loren ' s sons were there that afternoon . .. Michael : They were riding quads . Rick : Yes , we were riding quads and that was the first time anybody ever saw an ATV . And it was wonderful but um , at the same time I didn ' t want to leave . .. that ' s probably how you feel when you leave , isn ' t it ? Michael : Aaw , God Bless you . Thank you . Well , you know you ' re always welcome . You know that . Rick : What a nice thing to say Michael . And you know Saturday is very special too because I don ' t think that people understand that there are different ways to raise money for great causes , but for you to open your home for Make A Wish and other foundations is really special to us . Michael : Aw , God Bless you . Thank you so much . Rick : Can you catch us up to speed , now , over the last few months . First of all , how are the kids , are they doing alright ? Michael : All the children are fine . Rick : They were . .. um . .. in the helicopter the other night and Chuck Street said that they were just absolutely so well behaved and the nicest . .. but at the same time of the last 6 or 7 months or so , how busy have you been ? Michael : I ' m always busy . I never stop . I ' m a workaholic . I love working . Rick : You really do love it , don ' t you ? Michael : Yes , I love it . Rick : So you ' ve been in Toronto . .. have you written any songs ? Michael : Yes , very much . Rick : I ' d like you to meet Ellen Kaye who just walked in . .. Ellen Kaye : I was waiting for my formal introduction . Rick : Michael , this is Ellen Kaye . .. Michael : Hello , Ellen , how are you ? Ellen Kaye : Hi , Michael , it ' s nice to meet you , finally . Michael : You too . Ellen Kaye : I hope one day you can come in the studio cuz we ' d love to just . .. be around you . And bring the kids . Michael : Oh , I ' d love that , that ' ll be cool , I love this station . .. it ' s wonderful . Rick : The last we talked , you said you keep in shape solely by dancing . And when I saw the shot of you . .. I think it was about 2 or 3 weeks ago . .. you ' re still in really good shape . It ' s still just dance that keeps you in shape ? Michael : I just like to dance around to music that I like . Rick : Hmm . Ellen Kaye : And chasing two kids , that ' ll keep you in shape . Michael : Yes , running after the children . Ellen Kaye : I have 2 toddlers myself and once they get those tennis shoes on , there ' s no slowing down . Michael : I know . ... it ' s mainly that I enjoy dancing . ... and I walk around the lake at Neverland . Rick : And I ' d like to point out . .. the lake at Neverland , is absolutely , it ' s right in the very front , at least one of them . .. and you just wanna dive in . It really is . Michael : Thank you . Rick : Now Prince and Paris , how are they different ? What are their likes and dislikes ? What can you tell , as a parent , you know , ' Prince likes this , Paris likes this '. Michael : Well they like , in truth , they like the same things . Prince , he doesn ' t like girl toys . I always wanted a daughter , and through all the years I ' ve toured , I bought all these dolls , and I filled the whole room up full of dolls for when I have a daughter . ... and that would be her bedroom . And the first time I brought her in there , when she was old enough to walk , she just walked right passed it . ( laughs ) . .. she likes boy ! toys . ! She likes trucks , cars . .. whatever prince wants , she wants . Rick : You ' re kidding ! And there ' s a whole room of dolls and she just walks right through them ? Michael : Yeah . ..( laughs ) Rick : The first time I met Michael , Ellen , it was um , not in a , well first of all we we saw each other on a tv show , but the first time we got a chance to socialize it was at a place called " Robbies ’ Hobbies " and we both got into little , uh , they ’ re radio controlled cars . .. Ellen Kaye : I like those too . Michael : Yeah . ... Rick : And they were so much fun . Michael : You have a great memory . Rick : Well , thank you . So I had a jeep made up for Michael . And he would take it on tour . And he would hide behind like a curtain or something , and this car would just show up at someone ' s feet . And it would stop , and they would jump around , and he ' d bring the car back to him . They never knew it was Mike behind the controls ! ( laughs ) Michael : ( laughs ) Rick : Great . So it was fun ! Ellen Kaye : That ’ s cool . Michael : Great fun . Rick : So now Michael , we ' re gonna have a huge party , do you mind . .. obviously we ' re not gonna tear up the house or anything but what rules should we put down ? Michael : Just to be kind to one another , and have a great time . I ' ll be kinda watching from a distance and enjoying it . I hope I can get to say hi to you . Rick : Oh , absolutely . When you go back to your bedroom , like really late ? Michael : Yes Rick : I ' ll be in your closet . ( laughter ) Michael : Okay . ( laughs ) Ellen Kaye : Oh , stop it ! You don ' t have to take that Michael ! ( laughs ) Rick : Again , on behalf of Make A Wish and all the people too , Michael thank you so much . Michael : God bless you and say hi to your wonderful family . Rick : Oh , I certainly will . Julie says ' Hi ', too . Michael : Aaww ! Tell her I said ' Hi '! Rick : She knows so many little stories about Mike . .. they ' re buddies . Michael : Yeah . .. she ' s a sweet person . Ellen Kaye : I can ' t wait to see your animals on the ranch , cuz I ' m a huge animal lover so . Michael : Oh , there are lots of animals . Ellen Kaye : Yeah , cool . Rick : You still have the trampoline ? Michael : Yes . .. we found the rattlesnake . ( laughs ) Rick : Kevin Dees was asking about that . Michael : We found that snake , remember ? Rick : Oh man ! We went out in the woods , and this is way away from his home so don ' t be afraid , but Michael and I found a baby rattlesnake . Ellen Kaye : Ooooh , now those are really potent , cuz their poison is even stronger cuz it ' s more concentrated . Rick : So Mike is walking up to the snake and about four guys jump in front of him and say , " What ? Are you crazy ? ? Not with your CD just released ! " Michael : ( laughs ) Ellen Kaye : ( laughs ) Yeah , cause people will take a bite for him . Rick : So a couple of guys took a hit lik ! ( punching noises ) . .." It didn ' t hurt Michael " ( punching noises ) Michael : Yeah , that was something . It was fun ! Rick : That was something else . They called him " Rattlin ' Rick ". Hey Mike , we ' ll see ya on Saturday , okay ? Michael : Okay , Rick . God bless you . Rick : God bless you . Michael : And say " Hi " to everybody . Rick : My best to Prince and Paris , too . Michael : Oh , God bless you , thank you ! Rick : Michael Jackson . Rick Dees in the morning . That ' s what it ' s all about . The world exclusive interview - he ' ll only do one - and thank you for choosing us Michael . 저작 자 표시