awesomeav said:

I knew him he was Sweet caring funny wise & at times very sensitive he most of the time would start rants about certain topics to the point he wouldn't let go of it even after the conversation ended he spoke words of love truth & wisdom I'm forever grateful for our talks I miss him terribly at times he had the cutest laugh 💜

purplethunder3121 said:

awesomeav said:

I knew him he was Sweet caring funny wise & at times very sensitive he most of the time would start rants about certain topics to the point he wouldn't let go of it even after the conversation ended he spoke words of love truth & wisdom I'm forever grateful for our talks I miss him terribly at times he had the cutest laugh 💜

awesomeav said:

I knew him he was Sweet caring funny wise & at times very sensitive he most of the time would start rants about certain topics to the point he wouldn't let go of it even after the conversation ended he spoke words of love truth & wisdom I'm forever grateful for our talks I miss him terribly at times he had the cutest laugh 💜

You're a 17 year old who lives in Australia. Who "actually" knew what he was like. Alrighty then.

I thought this article was great, and sums him up pretty good.

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/04/22/13/58/how-prince-opened-up-to-richard-wilkins-when-the-cameras-stopped-rolling

eye belive he was human like u & me, perfect with flaws.

1958-2-4Ever

bigtimefan said:

I thought this article was great, and sums him up pretty good.

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/04/22/13/58/how-prince-opened-up-to-richard-wilkins-when-the-cameras-stopped-rolling

Thanks Bigtimefan for the link, that was a nice read.

morningsong said:

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I think he was an introvert, sometimes insecure, sensitive and loving.

Narcissists can't stop talking about themselves and they exaggerate their own achievements. Prince hardly ever spoke about his personal matters and he was always humble when people gave him compliments. He might have been self-centered due to having built a career out of being a one-man-band and running several business ventures, but there's no reason to describe him with a word that psychologist consider a serious mental illness.

So, let's strike the narcissist description out.

novabrkr said:

Narcissists can't stop talking about themselves and they exaggerate their own achievements. Prince hardly ever spoke about his personal matters and he was always humble when people gave him compliments. He might have been self-centered due to having built a career out of being a one-man-band and running several business ventures, but there's no reason to describe him with a word that psychologist consider a serious mental illness.

So, let's strike the narcissist description out.

Ofensive to think of him like that.....

THis is an interesting read...

Was Prince an 'Acquired Musical Savant'?

http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2016/6/Was-Prince-Acquired-Musical-Savant

Lovejunky said:

THis is an interesting read...

Was Prince an 'Acquired Musical Savant'?

http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2016/6/Was-Prince-Acquired-Musical-Savant

Thanks for posting. Very informative article!

Thanks to Bigtime and Lovejunky for those great reads.

an insecure Musical Genius!

Generous.

Kind.

Controlling.

Insecure.

Arrogant.

Sarcastic.

Goofy.

Sensitive.

Emotional.

Repressive.

Expressive.

Sensual.

Obsessive.

Intense.

Jealous.

Shy.

Hyperactive.

Perceptive.

Strong sense of justice.

Traumatized.

Fluid.

Spiritual.

Dogmatic.

Intelligent.

Playful.

Disciplined.

^^^

Nice observations Jayseajay.

obviously he was living a lie. that's all I know. most people who can't deal with the life they have lived live a lie.

cindyt said:

obviously he was living a lie. that's all I know. most people who can't deal with the life they have lived live a lie.

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What Lie?

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cindyt said:

obviously he was living a lie. that's all I know. most people who can't deal with the life they have lived live a lie.

What are you talking about?

cindyt said:

obviously he was living a lie. that's all I know. most people who can't deal with the life they have lived live a lie.

WHAT ??????????

"live a healthy life" "don't eat meat" "don't drink" "don't smoke" "take enough illegal meds to do you in"

that one, for one.

hey, I don't think prince ever hesitated to judge other people, did he?

cindyt said:

"live a healthy life" "don't eat meat" "don't drink" "don't smoke" "take enough illegal meds to do you in"

that one, for one.

hey, I don't think prince ever hesitated to judge other people, did he?

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“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

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John 8:7,

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Yeah..Good on you cindyt

The Man wrote more Music than probably any other Artist in human History

Gave millions away in Charity anonymously

Toured relentlessly,constantly finding new ways to connect with his Fams

Brought JOY to the hearts of Millions as he gave his mind body and soul to those who were fortunate enough to witness his Majesty

Sincerely searched for God from the very beginning to the end, he never strayed from that

Never drank or smoked and forbid his bandmembers from doing that around him.

Gosh..and YES he even stood up for the lives of animals by deciding to stop feasting on their bodies

Long before anyone had any clue to what he was up to He endured years of ridicule when he took a stand for ALL Artists by renouncing his name which had in effect been stolen from him along with his IP !

He worked harder than anyone, amazing people over and over again with his work ethic

and somewhere along the line age and the thrashing he gave his body took its toll and he was hurting so he dared to take pain relief...

and you want to lynch him for it ?

This is your takeaway after everything this beautiful unique radiant soul has given and continues to give ?

cindyt said:

obviously he was living a lie. that's all I know. most people who cant deal with the life they have lived live a lie

cindyt said:

"live a healthy life" "don't eat meat" "don't drink" "don't smoke" "take enough illegal meds to do you in"

He lived a lie ....thats all you know????? Poor poor you........

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I agree with both of your views.

Lovejunky said:

Yeah..Good on you cindyt

The Man wrote more Music than probably any other Artist in human History

Gave millions away in Charity anonymously

Toured relentlessly,constantly finding new ways to connect with his Fams

Brought JOY to the hearts of Millions as he gave his mind body and soul to those who were fortunate enough to witness his Majesty

Sincerely searched for God from the very beginning to the end, he never strayed from that

Never drank or smoked and forbid his bandmembers from doing that around him.

Gosh..and YES he even stood up for the lives of animals by deciding to stop feasting on their bodies

Long before anyone had any clue to what he was up to He endured years of ridicule when he took a stand for ALL Artists by renouncing his name which had in effect been stolen from him along with his IP !

He worked harder than anyone, amazing people over and over again with his work ethic

and somewhere along the line age and the thrashing he gave his body took its toll and he was hurting so he dared to take pain relief...

and you want to lynch him for it ?

This is your takeaway after everything this beautiful unique radiant soul has given and continues to give ?

cindyt said:

obviously he was living a lie. that's all I know. most people who cant deal with the life they have lived live a lie

cindyt said:

"live a healthy life" "don't eat meat" "don't drink" "don't smoke" "take enough illegal meds to do you in"

He lived a lie ....thats all you know????? Poor poor you........

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he meddled in the occult while talking about God. there's another one. this is a stupid post, the original one. I don't think anyone knew what prince was actually like, not even the people closest to him. I knew nothing about prince until he died, to be honest. I don't now, either.

This is what I wrote earlier :

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"(I think) Prince was (too) busy being Prince.

He made it from zero to hero. He never ever trusted anyone.

He changed people around him so often in his life. That says a lot.

He was also so high with his believes, but that's another story...

Prince seemed not wanting/able to listen to others around him. He couldn't care less sometimes.

He changed management, lawyers, advisors, staff, record companies, distributors, names, hell even wives and girls countless times. (Of course, partly as a creative deal too.)

He wasn't able imho to maintain a relationship because of not wanting to deal with critism on his persona, work, lifestyle, whatever. He surely was an absolute giant control freak. (that of course also lead to a great creative outcome, i have to admid.)

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I don't know him at all. All i can do is just oversee a guy's career and how he dealt with all the aspects of it, people involved and all the twistings and turns that wern't all very clear sometimes... etc.

Of course, one has to be very careful to say these kind of things after someone died.

(It seems) We're only alowed to talk about the genius effect, the show of love, the achievements...

But fact is Prince was human just like all of us. And he was smart, very smart keeping his private life the way he managed to do so."

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But i personally think he wasn't the easiest fella to hang with, or deal with.

(Again, i never met him or personally knew him. This all is my personal humble opinion. )

cindyt said:

he meddled in the occult while talking about God. there's another one. this is a stupid post, the original one. I don't think anyone knew what prince was actually like, not even the people closest to him. I knew nothing about prince until he died, to be honest. I don't now, either.

and I agree with you.

jayseajay said:

Generous.

Kind.

Controlling.

Insecure.

Arrogant.

Sarcastic.

Goofy.

Sensitive.

Emotional.

Repressive.

Expressive.

Sensual.

Obsessive.

Intense.

Jealous.

Shy.

Hyperactive.

Perceptive.

Strong sense of justice.

Traumatized.

Fluid.

Spiritual.

Dogmatic.

Intelligent.

Playful.

Disciplined.

Generous. - propably yes, from what we hear.

Kind. - sure to most of the people and us fans

Controlling. - abso-fucking-lutely

Insecure. - sometimes yes

Arrogant. - no, 'cause arrogance implies insecureness...

Sarcastic. - no

Goofy. - depends when.

Sensitive. - Yes

Emotional. - pretty sure yes

Repressive. - Yes

Expressive. - not very sure about that, onstage, yes.

Sensual. - could be

Obsessive. - Yes

Intense. - musically, yes

Jealous. - probably, yes

Shy. - Yes

Hyperactive. - Yes

Perceptive. - could be

Strong sense of justice. - depends

Traumatized. - we'll never know for sure

Fluid. - don't think so

Spiritual. - Unfortunately yes

Dogmatic. - not sure at all

Intelligent. - sometimes

Playful. - oh yeah

Disciplined. - certainly yes

The ironies are beyond tragic: the 'great businessman' who left no will, the man totally opposed to drugs who died of an overdose, the fashion icon found in backwards clothes, the 'international lover' who died alone, the privacy freak whose every secret will now be picked apart for 100 years, the 'honest' soul who misled/lied to people , the man who railed against bootleg music who purchased bootleg pills, the man of great dignity whose amazing life ended in a most undignified way, the keeper of the sacred vault who, in the end, cared so little for its contents that he couldn't be bothered to arrange for its care and conservatorship.

Do I love the music and performances: more than words can express. Did I 'know' the man'...who really did?

cindyt said:

he meddled in the occult while talking about God. there's another one. this is a stupid post, the original one. I don't think anyone knew what prince was actually like, not even the people closest to him. I knew nothing about prince until he died, to be honest. I don't now, either.

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You should really read the article that Lovejunkey so kindly made available to us on this thread.

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Lovejunky said:

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This is an interesting read...

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Was Prince an 'Acquired Musical Savant'?

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http://www.dailygrail.com/Essays/2016/6/Was-Prince-Acquired-Musical-Savant

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