I hear you... from what I've read, it was the WTS's attempts to reign in his artistic tendencies that ultimately compelled him to leave.
I was close to a CO at that time who was directly involved with the MJ situation. WT had a real problem with the "Thriller" album in particular. MJ didn't leave... he was DF'd.
Yet another example of WT's intolerance for individuality and a person's right to be human by pursuing their innate talents.
WT idiocy tends to make even the most rational person a bit eccentric. It goes with the territory of living in a maniacal religious dictatorship.