https://sites.google.com/...ruary-1981

That is actually a much better layout archive than the other one that exist(ed).

I had heard P played sax when he was younger, this confirms it.

The bottom paragraph in that first interveiw was...well...P was gonna go to college and start music lessons again when he was "much older"???

Good thing things didn't go the way his young mind thought they would or we might never have heard of him! Sheesh

precioux said:

laurarichardson said:

laurarichardson said:

https://sites.google.com/...ruary-1981

Thank U! This is great!

[Edited 2/20/17 5:35am]

notice the age...that was when they were shaving 2 yers off.

He gave the most interviews during the Emancipation and Musicology eras. What I noticed also about the interviews in 1996 is that in some of the interviews, he makes his personal life off-limits. But then in some of the others, he shares pretty intimate details, like how on his wedding night, he brought Mayte into their bedroom, showed her the crib, and played "Let's Have a Baby." That's a pretty intimate detail; he didn't share details like that very often with the public.

I noticed that he did a lot of interviews while he was married to Mayte. This might explain why:

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Guitar World: You won’t allow your interviews with the press to be tape recorded. Why? Presumably, you’d like to be able to guarantee more accurate representation of our conversation with a recorder.
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: To me, a tape recorder is like having a contract. And I don’t want to have a contract with you. I don’t want this to be business. I want this to be a normal conversation about something that we’re hopefully both passionate about: music. And when there is no tape recorder, our relationship is based on trust. So if you write lies, you’re the one betraying that trust, and you’d be the one soaking up all that negative energy. But I trust you, so we don’t need a tape recorder. And I can talk now, because I’m free. A lot of my music has to do with being free. I’m not chained anymore. And being married to Mayte has made me feel more comfortable with speaking in public.

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"The Artist" by Serge Simonaert, Guitar World, OCtober 1998

Looks like I'm going to spend the day falling in love again....

Great collection.

“Anyone who was around back then knew what was happening,” Prince had said two days earlier, reminiscing, “I was working. When they were sleeping, I was jamming. When they woke up, I had another groove. I’m as insane that way now as I was back then.”

classic:

'He can still play the cocky rocker. “I don’t go to awards shows anymore,” he says. “I’m not saying I’m better than anybody else. But you’ll be sitting there at the Grammys, and U2 will beat you. And you say to yourself, ’Wait a minute. I can play that kind of music, too. I played La Crosse [Wisconsin] growing up, I know how to do that, you dig? But you will not do ’Housequake.’"

stpaisios said:

classic:

'He can still play the cocky rocker. “I don’t go to awards shows anymore,” he says. “I’m not saying I’m better than anybody else. But you’ll be sitting there at the Grammys, and U2 will beat you. And you say to yourself, ’Wait a minute. I can play that kind of music, too. I played La Crosse [Wisconsin] growing up, I know how to do that, you dig? But you will not do ’Housequake.’"

Still Think SOTT should of won.

206Michelle said:

Thank you for sharing, laurarichardson. There is so much more to learn about this amazing man. I am enjoying this journey.

amimissinsumthin said:

Thank you for sharing, laurarichardson. There is so much more to learn about this amazing man. I am enjoying this journey.

2 the last 2 sentences.

206Michelle said:

amimissinsumthin said:

Thank you for sharing, laurarichardson. There is so much more to learn about this amazing man. I am enjoying this journey.

2 the last 2 sentences.

^^^^^THIS x 1million^^^^^^^

It somehow makes the grief easier.