"It Was a Choice Between That and Bubbles the Chimp"

Legendary producer Quincy Jones on recording with Michael Jackson:

Q: ...I was just watching a clip on YouTube where you're sitting on a couch with Michael and he's petting a snake the whole time.
A: Oh, I remember that. Yeah, that was Muscles.

Q: Muscles?
A: Muscles. That's a big boa constrictor he had. Muscles used to wrap around my leg in a record session and crawl across the console. I was never comfortable with that. It was a choice between that and Bubbles--you know, the chimp.

From a 2009 interview in Details.

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