Because I play guitar a little, I showed him (MJ) how to play some easy chords on myacoustic guitar. He had always admired people who could play musical instruments and had often fantasized about being the lead guitarist in a rock band.
因为我会弹点吉他，所以我教他(MJ)如何在我的原声吉他上演奏一些简单的和弦。他一直钦佩那些会演奏乐器的人，并且常常幻想着成为摇滚乐队的主吉他手。
Michael R. Thomas, Michael Jackson's Make-Up Artist for "The Wiz" 《绿野仙踪》的化妆师

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“Michael plays piano on it, and it’s just beautiful.”
迈扣在里面弹了钢琴，那很美妙。
Bruce Swedien about the song Don’t Be Messin’ Around 录音师谈及《Don’t Be Messin’ Around》

"Michael Jackson was the best. Not just as a vocalist but as a musician. He took it to the sky. He could play piano a little but he wasn't that kind of a musician. Michael's instrument was his voice and ideas. Quincy's instrument, and mine I guess, was the studio. It was such a great thing working with Michael; we just kept pushing the musical boundaries. Was I lucky or what?"
迈克尔·杰克逊是最棒的。不只是作为一个歌手，而且是作为一个音乐家。他做到了极致。他会弹一点钢琴，但他不是那种类型的音乐家。迈克尔的乐器是他的声音和想法。昆西的乐器，我猜也是我的，就是录音室。和迈克尔一起工作真是太棒了；我们只是不断地拓展音乐的边界。我是很幸运还是什么？
MJ的录音师Bruce Swedien

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"Once he went on his knees and started playing piano in the barn. He played a few notes then began singing. It was a love song and sounded really good and he had actually written it right there in front of me. It was amazing to watch, it took him about 6 minutes. When he got up I said did you just write that? He said ´yeah, but I have forgotten it already´. Then he started looking for something else to do. No matter what his problems are, the man is a complete genius."
有一次，他跪在地上，开始弹钢琴。他弹奏了几个音符，然后开始唱歌。这是一首情歌，听起来很美妙，这首歌就写在我的面前。观看这个过程是惊人的，他大约花了6分钟。他站起来的时候我说那是你刚写的吗？他说是的，但我已经忘记了。然后他开始找别的事情做。不管他有什么问题，他都是一个完全的天才。
Robert MCGibbon - story from the rehab where Michael stayed in 1993 故事来自1993年迈扣住过的修养所。

"What was amazing for me was discovering just how incredible Michael was at playing any instrument. He'd sit at the piano and play the Beatles song for us to sing along to, or get on the drums, or play guitar."
让我惊讶的是，我发现迈克尔弹奏任何乐器都是那么的不可思议。他会坐在钢琴前演奏披头士的歌曲，让我们跟着一起唱，或者打鼓，或是弹吉他。
Paddy Dunning, owner of a state-art-of-studio, where MJ spent some time while in Ireland in 2005 帕迪·邓宁(Paddy Dunning)是一家国家艺术工作室的所有者，MJ2005年在爱尔兰时曾在此待过一段时间。

好贴，继续

他能在键盘上弹旋律，但我不会称他是个好的演奏者。记住，当你能马上打电话找来葛列格•菲利格内斯（Greg Phillinganes）和兰迪•克贝尔（Randy Kerber），你就不需要做太多了。之前，他在《满足为止》（Don’t Stop）上敲击瓶子。迈克尔的乐器就是他的声音 —— 我们有许多天才来处理其它所有东西。
——MJ的音乐技术总监Brad Sundberg

HIStory album (and Invincible as well)

He could play instruments a bit – he’s credited as playing keyboard, synthesizer, guitar, drums and percussion on ‘HIStory’ – but none proficiently. But just as Mozart could hear whole symphonies in his head, Jackson fully realised his songs before they were put down on paper. “The lyrics, the strings, the chords, everything comes at the moment like a gift that is put right into your head and that’s how I hear it,” said Jackson during the ‘Dangerous’ court case of 1994.
他会演奏一些乐器——他在《历史》上演奏键盘、合成器、吉他、鼓和打击乐器——但都不精通。但是，就像莫扎特能在脑子里听到交响乐一样，杰克逊在把歌曲写在纸上之前，就已经完全体会意识到了。“歌词、弦乐、和弦，所有的一切都在那一刻降临，就像一份礼物，直接进入你的脑海，我就是这样听到的，”杰克逊在1994年的法庭上说。
——《NME》The Incredible Way Michael Jackson Wrote Music

If you’ve ever heard the below early demo of ‘Beat It’, you’ll know Michael Jackson’s extraordinary process of writing songs – by building each element of a track with his voice. Every note of every chord, harmony, melody, bass and even the rhythm through beat-boxing. The full harmonies will blow your mind.
如果你曾经听过《Beat It》的早期demo，你就会知道迈克尔·杰克逊创作歌曲的非凡过程——用他的声音构建歌曲的每个元素。每一个和弦的每一个音符，和声，旋律，贝斯，甚至节奏都通过口技表现出来。完全的和声会让你大吃一惊。
——《NME》The Incredible Way Michael Jackson Wrote Music

MJ没有公开演奏过乐器，现有的一些视频资料也仅有几秒钟。我个人的看法是，MJ会一些乐器，但是达不到专业或者说精通的水准。Just enough to communicate ideas. 也并没有在这方面下功夫，所以他把乐器的部分交给那些更专业的人去做。But Michael's voice was his instrument ，他可以用嘴巴模仿各种乐器，这段Beatbox合集真的非常厉害，talent is talent：分享了#Michael Jackson Unreleased Songs#的节目《Beatbox合集》:http://music.163.com/program/901104732/124987446/?userid=532379221(来自@网易云音乐)

分享Michael Jackson的单曲《Beat It (Demo) - demo》:http://music.163.com/song/27505422/?userid=532379221(来自@网易云音乐)