Actually it was a way to avoid questions he didn't want to answer.
I had a feeling that she wanted to avoid my next question, which would have been, what else do you know about me?
One day you will not be able to avoid the real question: what is all this for?
"Let's take credit for everything we've done so far but avoid questions about the future."
Could it be that Jackson wanted to avoid questions about his future?
This was why he had avoided the question until now.
Both parties have reasons for avoiding questions about who will pay.
When asked it by a girl at a party, he avoids the question.
However, also make sure you don't avoid his question by not really answering it.
Many believed he had left the race to avoid questions about his sexual orientation.