Carson Daly talked to Michael Jackson from his record signing at New York’s Virgin Megastore in Times Square today where Jackson talked about having the #1 album around the world saying, “It’s a great honor. I’m very happy about it. We worked very hard on it and, uh, I’m blessed, uhm, that — that the fans accepted it the way they did and, uh, I’m very honored, I really am. I don’t take anything for granted. Every time there’s a number 1 album or song, I fee excited as if there is the first one, so I’m very happy about that.”
Jackson also talked about his own influences after Carson mentioned Michael is the influence of every musician he’s ever spoke with saying, “Uh, lots of artists, uh, mostly entertainers. I would say, uhm, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, Jackie Wilson, uh, there’s so many great singers from Aretha Franklin to Streisand and I love Beatles music. I just love great, great music.”