Efter att Off the wall släpptes frågade Michael Rolling Stones om de möjligtvis var intresserade av att göra en "cover story" om honom, vilket de inte ville. Michaels respons: "I've been told over and over that black people on the cover of magazines doesn't sell copies... Just wait. Someday those magazines are going to be begging me for an interview. Maybe I'll give them one, and maybe I won't."