Michael Jackson 'Number Ones' [CD] { } ~94.01.09 180

As a family, they watched Peter Jennings and CNN, and if music was played, it was Kenny Rogers. БЂњMy father loves Kenny Rogers because he had a message to tell in that song БЂThe Gambler,БЂ™БЂ«Kenna explains. БЂњEverything was about learning lessons and money and how the world worked. My parents wanted me to do better than they did.БЂ«Occasionally, KennaБЂ™s uncle would visit and expose Kenna to different things, such as disco or dancing or Michael Jackson. And Kenna would look at him and say, БЂњI donБЂ™t understand.БЂ«KennaБЂ™s main interest was skateboarding. He built a ramp in the backyard, and he would play with a boy from across the street. Then one day his neighbor showed him his bedroom, and on the walls were pictures of bands Kenna had never heard of. The boy gave Kenna a tape of U2БЂ™s The Joshua Tree. БЂњI destroyed that tape, I played it so much,БЂ«Kenna says. БЂњI just didnБЂ™t know. It never dawned on me that music was like this. I think I was eleven or twelve, and that was that. Music opened the door.БЂ«Kenna is very tall and strikingly handsome, with a shaved head and a goatee ...»