dance4me3121 said:

Come on now. That was just Prince being a space cadet.

japanrocks said:

Split personality, I guess we're just talking generally...but do we mean in a clinical sense? As in 'schizophrenia' that Megan Fox just admitted to suffering from?...'Sasha Fierce'(Beyonce) better be careful as well...I'm surprised Beyonce is admitting to an alter ego like that...in this country (UK) they can detain/ restrain you under the Mental Health Act...with the accompanying loss of all rights for life if you suggest you have a mental 'illness'.

japanrocks... I enjoy reading your posts because you joke around a lot, anyway you are spot on with this...Prince is short, ugly and introverted...each to their own of course (I mean it's all subjective I know!) most women I know aren't attracted to him..too feminine for them (but then again some women are fickle anyway)...it's his charisma and talent that's the most important...Prince tries so hard all the time to be beautiful with the make-up etc...and do you reckon he wears heels just because 'the gals' like em?!

I've always thought Prince tries to be everything to everyone...but life just doesn't work like that...it's not reality and it is the sign of someone insecure deep down...not insecure musically...obviously, he's the master at that...someone should tell him also that fawning after women and putting them on a pedestal doesn't work...'Adoring' them and 'Wishing I Was Your Girlfriend'...doesn't work in this day and age...not sure it worked in the past either!...


peace
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[Edited 9/8/09 3:37am]

omg, this is great... i haven't been on in a while and i was really just dropping by to drop some new news if it's not already posted and lo and behold i find this... this coincides with my day earlier as i was watching the dvd, purple doves. the oprah interview is on that disc. perception is a wonderful thing, because the initiator of this discussion assumed split personality. i on the otherhand acknowledge how much i still love and admire his work but couldn't help not forgetting he is a man of many contradictions.

P: Recent analysis has proved that there are probably two people inside of me, there's like a Gemini, and we haven't determined what sex that other person is yet.
O: Did you say I'm not even sure what sex it is (he or she, it is)? Did you say that?
P: Yeah.
O: I thought I heard that. What I'm getting from you is that you're very much in-touch with both sides of yourself; your masculine and feminine sides.
P: Hmm, hmm. Oh yeah.
O: And always have been.
P: Hmm, hmm.
O: And, So people grew up thinking that you're weird or that you're gay because of it. And, that never bothered you?
P: Hey, [chuckles] whatever floats the boat.
O: Whatever peanut butter's your jelly.
P: Yeah, there you go.
O: No, literally like another personality you're talking about?
P: Well, what they seem to find was that there was someone I had created when I was five years old.
O: Really?
P: Hmm hmm, [pauses as though he's reflecting back] for whatever reason. I'm not sure yet but I hope to find out.
O: They... like psychologists, therapists...
P: Well actually I found out.
O: Uh huh?
P: Because I took some pre-therapy.
O: And you found out that there is another person living inside you?
P: This is turning into a Sybil interview.
O: No. Does that person have a name that we can call?
P: That's what is so interesting in me is that I think that's why I changed my name. I think that's who I am now.
O: Really?
P: Yeah, I very much feel divorced from Prince.
O: You really do?
P: Yes.
O: Being of smaller stature. Did it ever make you question yourself? Question your idunno ability to get dates, get women in the beginning?
P: No, it questioned my ability to play basketball because I like the hoop, so.
O: Did you ever feel ridiculed as a child because of your size?
P: Um hmm.
O: You did?
P: Well, yeah, all the time.
O: And how did you handle that?
P: Um, that's probably when that person got created. Somebody that cared about you and loved you and be your friend and not ridiculed you.
O: Uh huh, what would they call you?
P: Everything they could think of; anything small.

PurpleSurfeit said:

whatever peanut butter's your jelly?

go oprah!!

i know a japanese person who knows a woman who went to high school with him and she told me he would sometimes hide behind his sister while walking in the halls because he was small

poor little freak

japanrocks said:

I know a puerto rican girl who knows the third cousin of his high school counselor from sophmore year and they said he wasn't small but his sister was really big!

Please allow me to put some context into this thread.

This interview was conducted at a very troublesome period in Prince's life. Just a week before it took place, Prince's son Gregory died of Pfeiffer's disease.
Oprah wanted to cancel the interview in the light of this sad occasion, but Prince insisted to let it take place.

Knowing this, I find it very painful to look at this interview. During the interview Prince and Mayté somehow denied that the child had passed away - they experienced an extreme form of denial.

Anything Prince said during that interview cannot be taken for granted because he must have suffered deep grief and sorrow. His state of mind must be taken into account and might explain for the erratic comments he made...

japanrocks said:

Split personality, I guess we're just talking generally...but do we mean in a clinical sense? As in 'schizophrenia' that Megan Fox just admitted to suffering from?...'Sasha Fierce'(Beyonce) better be careful as well...I'm surprised Beyonce is admitting to an alter ego like that...in this country (UK) they can detain/ restrain you under the Mental Health Act...with the accompanying loss of all rights for life if you suggest you have a mental 'illness'.

japanrocks... I enjoy reading your posts because you joke around a lot, anyway you are spot on with this...Prince is short, ugly and introverted...each to their own of course (I mean it's all subjective I know!) most women I know aren't attracted to him..too feminine for them (but then again some women are fickle anyway)...it's his charisma and talent that's the most important...Prince tries so hard all the time to be beautiful with the make-up etc...and do you reckon he wears heels just because 'the gals' like em?!

I've always thought Prince tries to be everything to everyone...but life just doesn't work like that...it's not reality and it is the sign of someone insecure deep down...not insecure musically...obviously, he's the master at that...someone should tell him also that fawning after women and putting them on a pedestal doesn't work...'Adoring' them and 'Wishing I Was Your Girlfriend'...doesn't work in this day and age...not sure it worked in the past either!...


peace
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[Edited 9/8/09 3:37am]

funkyandy said:

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You and JapanRocks need to seek help. As far as split personalities go I doubt dude could have made it this far if that were the case. I think he may be very moody and probaly has never had any real therpy or treatment to figure it out.

Bless you Tame!

peace

Please allow me to put some context into this thread.

This interview was conducted at a very troublesome period in Prince's life. Just a week before it took place, Prince's son Gregory died of Pfeiffer's disease.
Oprah wanted to cancel the interview in the light of this sad occasion, but Prince insisted to let it take place.

Knowing this, I find it very painful to look at this interview. During the interview Prince and Mayté somehow denied that the child had passed away - they experienced an extreme form of denial.

Anything Prince said during that interview cannot be taken for granted because he must have suffered deep grief and sorrow. His state of mind must be taken into account and might explain for the erratic comments he made...

laurarichardson said:

...and what exactly do I need to seek help about?...my opinion was quite straightforward and balanced...perhaps it's you who has a problem with alternative opinion...'itis'.


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