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Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely michael.
-Thomas Keneally
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Thomas Was My True Name But Everyone

Thomas Keneally
Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely michael.
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George was the easy part. as for michael, i had always liked the name, and my father's brother is named michael. i thought it was a good idea because there are a lot of greeks in england with the second name of michael; as a child i had a greek friend whose second name was michael. it was like getting the name that i wanted without having to get rid of the greek element.
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I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between mick and myself. mick needs to know what he's gonna do tomorrow and i'm just happy to wake up to see who's hanging around. mick's rock and i'm roll.
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I believe michael [jackson] in a sense is an american martyr. martyrs are persecuted and michael was persecuted. michael was innocent and martyrs are innocent. if you go on youtube and watch interviews with michael, you don't see a crack in the facade. there's this purity and this innocence that continued [throughout his life].
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Michael giles the first drummer of king crimson, never agreed to the name king crimson. but then, if you'd knew michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. so maybe michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things.
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I didn't appreciate mick jagger until i got older, and mainly because of the mick jagger swagger. he defined that for the world. he was bold and adventurous with it, too - just the ultimate rock star.
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