RIP in 2009

[innerSpaceman]

Please forgive my ignorance, but did MJ write his own material?

I never cared enough to find out, but he always seemed "merely" a performer to me. Singer, great dancer. But maybe something about him not playing an instrument always gave me the impression he was of the old, old school that simply sang tunes penned by other people.


I liked a handful of his songs ... and might like a few more but for having never heard much of his non-hit stuff. Is he the writer? Some of it? Most of it? None?