Kim Berry shares the lessons and blessings she learned as Prince’s hairstylist for over 25 years. #Masterclass

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I'mma listen to this later tonight.

It was an excellent interview!

That was mostly a great interview (albeit a bit long and over-focused on how she got the job).. Very honest. Humanized him, showed that he had good days and bad days ("asshole days" lol) like everyone else, suggested the suffering he went through during his life (in terms of loss of loved ones), pointed out his intelligence, curosity, generosity, humor, spirituality, hard work, sense of responsibility, glamour, drive, stress, alertness, weariness, moodiness, down-to-earthness, business acumen, and ability/longing to inspire. She implied that the dude was basically all things human and special, a mass of contradictions (like most everyone).

Play attention to what she said about Prince and his religion--its a bit confusing and out of sequence but I believe she is saying that Prince was less religious but more spiritual at the end of his life. Her tears/love seem geniune. Prince was lucky to have her..she was a good employee and an honest chick.

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I listened to the interveiw Kim Berry did earlier and it was very sweet, but this one is even better and more moving.

She really did him justice and was very respectful.

I enjoyed it, but it had me tearyeyed as well...

That's so amazing to have worked with someone for 29 years. I love how Prince always gave young people a chance & helped them to build a platform for themselves. That's what it's all about

purplerabbithole said:

purplerabbithole said:

That was mostly a great interview (albeit a bit long and over-focused on how she got the job).. Very honest. Humanized him, showed that he had good days and bad days ("asshole days" lol) like everyone else, suggested the suffering he went through during his life (in terms of loss of loved ones), pointed out his intelligence, curosity, generosity, humor, spirituality, hard work, sense of responsibility, glamour, drive, stress, alertness, weariness, moodiness, down-to-earthness, business acumen, and ability/longing to inspire. She implied that the dude was basically all things human and special, a mass of contradictions (like most everyone).

Play attention to what she said about Prince and his religion--its a bit confusing and out of sequence but I believe she is saying that Prince was less religious but more spiritual at the end of his life. Her tears/love seem geniune. Prince was lucky to have her..she was a good employee and an honest chick.

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This may have been the most interesting part. Remember, the journey and path are as vital as the destination. If not more...

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rogifan said:

Just listened to this. She was quite upbeat for most of the interview so I wasn't prepared for when she broke down at the end. She had me crying all over again. 😢

That's the part that got me too cuz it seemed to come over her so suddenly after she'd been laughing and joking and telling funny P stories...then suddenly the emotions just washed over her and she got choked up and teary in an instant. She had to take a few moments and a coupla tries to struggle and pull herself together again..

Poor gal lost a friend in P. I hope he knew how much she cared about him.

Like she said, they "grew up together".

LBrent said:

rogifan said:

LBrent said:

That's the part that got me too cuz it seemed to come over her so suddenly after she'd been laughing and joking and telling funny P stories...then suddenly the emotions just washed over her and she got choked up and teary in an instant. She had to take a few moments and a coupla tries to struggle and pull herself together again..

Poor gal lost a friend in P. I hope he knew how much she cared about him.

Like she said, they "grew up together".

Her comments about the hair products line they were developing were interesting too. Reminds me of when Adrian Crutchfield said he was content being Prince's wingman but Prince was like, no you need to do your own thing because I'm not always going to be here. I think he said something similar to Shelby too. Of course people come and go and he's worked with a lot of people over the course of his career but now it seems almost like he was preparing people for him not being here and that they had something else lined up for when they were no longer working with him.

I think it sounded that way too.

Did he have good hair?

I love hearing stories from those that actually KNEW him rather than just reading weird theories from people who think they knew him but never met him.

I am perputually suprised of reading and hearing the people that worked for Prince for over 20 years consider how difficult he was.

And mad props to Kim and others who maintain to keep his business his business.

Really truly appreciated listening to this interview.... Kim Berry was very sincere, kind and sympathetic. She made me laugh and was so real. When she broke down and cried, made me stop and really think for more than a few seconds...

Thanks Kim..

ladygirl99 said:

ladygirl99 said:

Just listened to it! Loved it and look forward to her book

rogifan said:

This interview was so awesome to listen to. Kim Berry gave me valuable insight on Prince the person and not his persona. I think she is very respectful and cared about Prince as a person because she really loved him as a friend. Kim's interview really pulled at my heart strings. i found myself crying with her when she became emotional .Can't wait to buy her book when it comes out.

anangellooksdown said:

She is writing a book called "Diamonds and Pearls" that will be out before Christmas and she says it won't be a tell-all or have any of that negativity in it; that it'll be an expression of love to her brother. [Edited 3/31/17 4:56am]

I thought she said Diamonds & Curls - which would be better.

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Agree was a great interview and insight into him. Nice hearing again how he wanted to help others and push them onto bigger things.

dodger said:

anangellooksdown said:

She is writing a book called "Diamonds and Pearls" that will be out before Christmas and she says it won't be a tell-all or have any of that negativity in it; that it'll be an expression of love to her brother. [Edited 3/31/17 4:56am]

I thought she said Diamonds & Curls - which would be better.

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Agree was a great interview and insight into him. Nice hearing again how he wanted to help others and push them onto bigger things.

i thought she said diamonds and curls as well. its always a joy to hear from people that were really around him sometimes i doubt what his band members say i dont think prince get that close to them i know i work with my employees and they all say they love me but dont know me i keep my personal life sp seperate from them

anangellooksdown said:

rogifan said:

anangellooksdown said:

This was a great interview.
Some points that stood out to me:

- She says he was extremely well-read about all religions and things of this nature and open to all paths spiritually.

Maybe this is just me nitpicking but I don't remember her saying he was open to all paths, though she said something to the effect he understood it was about him and his relationship with God. I get the feeling she's not much of a JW fan so when she said she thought he was becoming less religious and more spiritual I took it to mean that perhaps he was becoming less dogmatic re: JW. Someone who visited PP last year said one of the books on a table in his office was The New Oxford Annotated Bible. I'm not sure how that compares to the JW Bible. I don't think Prince's belief in the Christian God ever wavered. The artist Bilal shared a story about how he once got into an argument with Prince as he was trying to explain how he felt Christianity and Islam were similar. Someone pulled him to the side and said there's one thing you never discuss with Prince and that's religion.

she seems to affirm what we suspected, that he was opening up to other ideas at the end.

The Bilial story was more awkward than a full argument. What I remember was that Prince looked at him like "WTF" are you talking about? And then someone pulled Bilial aside and told him to tread lightly on the subject. Considering what Prince had said about Islamic countries in 2011 and the song "Same Page Different Book", P and Bilial might have been more on the same page than Bilial assumed (or P listened more than he realized and adapted his own philosophy.) Sometimes, people walked on eggshells around Prince after Prince became hard to read..NO surprise there.

rogifan said:

anangellooksdown said:

This was a great interview. Some points that stood out to me: - She says he was extremely well-read about all religions and things of this nature and open to all paths spiritually.

Maybe this is just me nitpicking but I don't remember her saying he was open to all paths, though she said something to the effect he understood it was about him and his relationship with God. I get the feeling she's not much of a JW fan so when she said she thought he was becoming less religious and more spiritual I took it to mean that perhaps he was becoming less dogmatic re: JW. Someone who visited PP last year said one of the books on a table in his office was The New Oxford Annotated Bible. I'm not sure how that compares to the JW Bible. I don't think Prince's belief in the Christian God ever wavered. The artist Bilal shared a story about how he once got into an argument with Prince as he was trying to explain how he felt Christianity and Islam were similar. Someone pulled him to the side and said there's one thing you never discuss with Prince and that's religion.

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