In this comprehensive series Morris discusses everything imaginable from his Arkansas roots to living in a house across the street from Prince in Minnesota; to creating, recording, performing and socializing with one of the greatest musicians of all time; to recounting many unforgettable experiences with his enigmatic, ingenious and forever cherished boss.

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Sweet, thanks for sharing. Lots of great stuff!

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

Damn, that's a time commitment! Some great stories so far.

I love the bit about Prince and Morris doing a spontaneous version of Solo at some aftershow. I'd LOVE to hear that.

The bit about Prince taking Morris aside to play him 5 vault tracks that were "better than Purple Rain." I wonder which era those songs are from??? Can you imagine what the stuff Prince had set aside for his future children sounds like?! What if what has already been released pales in comparison to all of that. What if his true golden era is yet to come?! Crazy to think about.

Great series--thanks for giving it props.

The beginning of Part 3 is really hard to listen to. I'll admit I'm still in denial about any dependancy if not the whole situation. It's nice to get such a wide ranging view of P. Thanks, Mr. Hayes. Thanks OP for posting as well.

Thanks for posting LoveJunky.

This is by far is the best associate interview I have heard and I am only on the first hour.

Morris gives a glimpse into what it was like working for the man.

How P was a team player.

How generous P could be.

How when P changed his name to and when would call him, Morris would ask "Who is this?"

Thank you LoveJunky, I could have listened to Mr. Hayes' all day!

I agree that this is one of the most genuine, truthful, loving, associate interviews yet. God bless Morris for this.

I'll be NPG ticket-buying for sure next year!

I listened to all three hours ..so worth it..

Morris has SO much respect and admiration for Prince...

Especially Love how Morris refers to him as Kind,generous, and patient.

How he says he matured and grew wiser.

I wish all the Prince haters on here would get with the Program and listen to what People who really

knew him said...

Lovejunky said:

I listened to all three hours ..so worth it..

Morris has SO much respect and admiration for Prince...

Especially Love how Morris refers to him as Kind,generous, and patient.

How he says he matured and grew wiser.

I wish all the Prince haters on here would get with the Program and listen to what People who really

knew him said...

So many fascinating parts, like what it was like being exposed to Crystal Ball for the first time and how Morris eventually fell out with Prince. It sounded like the Kid situation from Purple Rain. I guess more truth to that character than fiction.

Im on Part 2 now.

The story behind Face Down.

Light up Clive Davis like a Christmas Tree.

Not afraid to speak truth to power. He was not afraid and would take them to task.

The innovator P was with the internet including selling his records over the internet.

The five songs P played for Morris that were better than Purple Rain that he has not heard since even on boots. P told him these are for my children. And Morris said You Dont Have Children So Release Them Now. And P said These are My Children's Legacy.

Morris hopes the Estate would put together a panel of people that knew P and those he talked to about the release of his material. after he was gone.

Morris asked him P what are you the best at because you could have been the best guitar player, the best bass player, etc. And P said I am the best a lyrics. I am a poet. The lyrics stand on alone once you peel the music away.

Morris wants people to know the things P did for people that we didnt know about...like paying for funerals for fellow musicians family members.

P changed the band because he thought it changed the sound and energy.

I love Morris and the respect he had for P.

Conversations about the NDA's and how Morris wouldnt sign.

There is so much information from Morris, I cant even begin to tell you all of it. This is a must listen podcast!! All 3 hours.

On to Part 3!

Part 3

We only see blocks. He looks different than he looks here. You have much clearer picture outside than you do inside. "Something aint right." "Im not feeling real good about his prospects." Morris is rubbing his head a lot during this conversation. "We gotta do something." "I had not been talking to him on a regular basis then."

There are probably people who had been talking to him on a regular basis who probably wish they had done something different sez Morris, and there is a lot of self checking and self kicking.

I never thought drugs, only that he was an eccentric dude.

I have to stop now and re-start tomorrow. This makes me too sad.

need to build up to this...MH is someone I have always respected so much, have met him few times etc. Will be hard to watch / listen to.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

anangellooksdown said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Part 3

We only see blocks. He looks different than he looks here. You have much clearer picture outside than you do inside. "Something aint right." "Im not feeling real good about his prospects." Morris is rubbing his head a lot during this conversation. "We gotta do something." "I had not been talking to him on a regular basis then."

There are probably people who had been talking to him on a regular basis who probably wish they had done something different sez Morris, and there is a lot of self checking and self kicking.

I never thought drugs, only that he was an eccentric dude.

I have to stop now and re-start tomorrow. This makes me too sad.

And all kinds of people in or out of the circle at the end who are probably beating themselves up. Also it was very telling about how P's world was, that even though Morris worked with Prince for the longest of anyone and had only left in 2013, just several years later he was already not in the inner circle anymore. It seems that once P changed who was around him, he really kept solid boundaries up. I don't know why that was. I believe he could only have so many people around him at once, to honor his own limits and protect what he had going on, to sort of keep a close eye on everyone and everything at all times. One person can only focus on so much at a time, and I have felt from the beginning that he knew he had a lot to protect. This is in no way a statement about other people; I just think he could only have so much going on around him at any given time.

Makes a lot of sense, Angel. "Survivor's Guilt" is very real - what could I have done differently so it wouldn't have gone down the way it did? The answer is always nothing, because if you could have, you would have.

anangellooksdown said:

HardcoreJollies said:

Every P fan should hear what Morris has to say, why not make this a sticky?

I vote yes to sticky. The interview is THAT good

Misslink88 said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Im on Part 2 now.

The story behind Face Down.

Light up Clive Davis like a Christmas Tree.

Not afraid to speak truth to power. He was not afraid and would take them to task.

The innovator P was with the internet including selling his records over the internet.

The five songs P played for Morris that were better than Purple Rain that he has not heard since even on boots. P told him these are for my children. And Morris said You Dont Have Children So Release Them Now. And P said These are My Children's Legacy.

Morris hopes the Estate would put together a panel of people that knew P and those he talked to about the release of his material. after he was gone.

Morris asked him P what are you the best at because you could have been the best guitar player, the best bass player, etc. And P said I am the best a lyrics. I am a poet. The lyrics stand on alone once you peel the music away.

Morris wants people to know the things P did for people that we didnt know about...like paying for funerals for fellow musicians family members.

P changed the band because he thought it changed the sound and energy.

I love Morris and the respect he had for P.

Conversations about the NDA's and how Morris wouldnt sign.

There is so much information from Morris, I cant even begin to tell you all of it. This is a must listen podcast!! All 3 hours.

On to Part 3!

Reference to the Bolded from My Profile

You can read the lyrics in their glorious poetry, and you can listen to just the music and be completely swept away.

They don't even need each other.

Put them together and you have an absolute volcano of gorgeousness.

I'm grateful for Morris Hayes. He deserves our support.

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said:

Co-sign. I think he was working so much that when people left the bands he simply lost touch with them do to his work. He obviously thought a lot of these people and did a lot for them but you cannot work 24/7 and stay in touch with people.

Yeah I think sometimes we psychoanalyze too much and it’s much simpler than people think. Also there were people Prince worked with, then didn’t work with, then worked with again. It’s very possible we’re Prince still here he would have worked with Morris again some day.

Agree with ALL of that...

Nothing Stays the same..

Everything has a beginning a Middle and an end

the Cycle of Life...

Its as complicated as we make it...

Lovejunky said:

rogifan said:

laurarichardson said: Yeah I think sometimes we psychoanalyze too much and it’s much simpler than people think. Also there were people Prince worked with, then didn’t work with, then worked with again. It’s very possible we’re Prince still here he would have worked with Morris again some day.

Agree with ALL of that...

Nothing Stays the same..

Everything has a beginning a Middle and an end

the Cycle of Life...

Its as complicated as we make it...

You guys watch the Greg Boyer interviews at TRUTH IN RHYTHM? Curious how he declined to say what the circumstances were for him leaving the NPG in 2009. He had no problem stating why he left George Clinton in 1996 though. But his answer about agonizing what he or anyone could have done to prevent Prince's demise was similar to Morris.

laurarichardson said: