This is the most interesting interview of Tika that I have heard so far. She shares interesting stuff about her and Prince's childhood, describes her emotions about the O2 exhibit and even breaks into tears. The snippets of Prince's songs throughout make it a very enjoyable listen.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/p05l6nz2

CherryMoon57 said:

This is the most interesting interview of Tika that I have heard so far. She shares interesting stuff about her and Prince's childhood, describes her emotions about the O2 exhibit and even breaks into tears. The snippets of Prince's songs throughout make it a very enjoyable listen.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/prog...s/p05l6nz2

I agree. This is a good one. Thanks for sharing!

Note to mods: Firsthand accounts from Prince's childhood should remain in PM&M imo.

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CherryMoon57 said:

laurarichardson said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Note to mods: Firsthand accounts from Prince's childhood should remain in PM&M imo.

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Why?

Because these are firsthand accounts and Tyka is not usually considered a Prince associate/artist. She is first and foremost Prince's sister (family). There is an interview with Sharon Nelson sticky and also a family/generalogy thread going on in PM&M. Therefore this thread belongs in PM&M too (ie. where it was to start with).

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CherryMoon57 said:

rogifan said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Because these are firsthand accounts and Tyka is not usually considered a Prince associate/artist. She is first and foremost Prince's sister (family). There is an interview with Sharon Nelson sticky and also a family/generalogy thread going on in PM&M. Therefore this thread belongs in PM&M too (ie. where it was to start with).

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Too much stuff gets moved out of PM&M. It’s not like that forum is so full of activity things would get lost. I think things directly related to Prince should stay in the PM&M forum. I enjoyed this interview. I’m curious about the music school she talked about. Would they use Paisley Park for that or another facility.

Exactely lol.

Glad you enjoyed the interview, I must have listened at least 10 times as I love the candour in which Tyka tells these little stories, it is very sweet and almost like looking at photographs from their childhood together.

And yes, it does sound like the school project is going to happen after all (it sounds like it would be at PP first, then maybe a continued support through another school or uni?) and that is so great. Some of us on here including myself had suggested that something like this would be the best of uses for PP and so I would be delighted if it really did happen. Something that Prince had mentioned in more recent years too (about teaching music to children).

Very good interview with Tyka.

Made me teary eyed.

Thanks for posting.

I may be awfully cynical tonight. But wouldn't she be a bit too young to remember those kind of details. Didn't her parents divorce when Prince was 8 or 9. She is 2 years younger than him. How is she remembering those kind of details if she was only about 6 or 7 at the time? I am getting super tired of P's associates and family members these days.

purplerabbithole said:

I may be awfully cynical tonight. But wouldn't she be a bit too young to remember those kind of details. Didn't her parents divorce when Prince was 8 or 9. She is 2 years younger than him. How is she remembering those kind of details if she was only about 6 or 7 at the time? I am getting super tired of P's associates and family members these days.

I agree: You're being awfully cynical tonight.

Maybe I am just in the anger stage of grief...LOL. That's what is bothering me tonight, I guess. Anytime any of the associates show any anger in defense of P or about his death, they get written off as crazy shit stirrers. But I find it odd that there isn't more anger from the beloved Purple Army. A bunch of "I miss you P"s. but no demands for answers. A bunch of people making money off his legacy and then defending others who are doing the same, but no one saying "How the fuck did people (prince included) let this shit happen to him?" I don't know what to think. I don't know if the shit stirrers are the truth tellers or the live-and-let-live-and-make-a-living-in-show-business folks are telling the truth. Do most of these folks know what happened and are just being nice about keeping it to themselves or do very few people know anything but simply don't care. Let me give you an example. I perused facebook pages of assoicates lately and I have noticed a trend..there are very few visual/pictures tributes to P that don't also have the associate in the picture with him. It is starting to feel like self-promotion through affliation. Maybe this is P's fault for not making enough friends outside of the music industry. Maybe the people closest to being his real friends don't feel the need to drop his name.

FlyOnTheWall said:

purplerabbithole said:

I may be awfully cynical tonight. But wouldn't she be a bit too young to remember those kind of details. Didn't her parents divorce when Prince was 8 or 9. She is 2 years younger than him. How is she remembering those kind of details if she was only about 6 or 7 at the time? I am getting super tired of P's associates and family members these days.

I agree: You're being awfully cynical tonight.

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purplerabbithole said:

Maybe I am just in the anger stage of grief...LOL. That's what is bothering me tonight, I guess. Anytime any of the associates show any anger in defense of P or about his death, they get written off as crazy shit stirrers. But I find it odd that there isn't more anger from the beloved Purple Army. A bunch of "I miss you P"s. but no demands for answers. A bunch of people making money off his legacy and then defending others who are doing the same, but no one saying "How the fuck did people (prince included) let this shit happen to him?" I don't know what to think. I don't know if the shit stirrers are the truth tellers or the live-and-let-live-and-make-a-living-in-show-business folks are telling the truth. Do most of these folks know what happened and are just being nice about keeping it to themselves or do very few people know anything but simply don't care. Let me give you an example. I perused facebook pages of assoicates lately and I have noticed a trend..there are very few visual/pictures tributes to P that don't also have the associate in the picture with him. It is starting to feel like self-promotion through affliation. Maybe this is P's fault for not making enough friends outside of the music industry. Maybe the people closest to being his real friends don't feel the need to drop his name.

FlyOnTheWall said:

I agree: You're being awfully cynical tonight.

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Your post are so long I get lost in them.

Great. Thanks for the response.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

purplerabbithole said:

Maybe I am just in the anger stage of grief...LOL. That's what is bothering me tonight, I guess. Anytime any of the associates show any anger in defense of P or about his death, they get written off as crazy shit stirrers. But I find it odd that there isn't more anger from the beloved Purple Army. A bunch of "I miss you P"s. but no demands for answers. A bunch of people making money off his legacy and then defending others who are doing the same, but no one saying "How the fuck did people (prince included) let this shit happen to him?" I don't know what to think. I don't know if the shit stirrers are the truth tellers or the live-and-let-live-and-make-a-living-in-show-business folks are telling the truth. Do most of these folks know what happened and are just being nice about keeping it to themselves or do very few people know anything but simply don't care. Let me give you an example. I perused facebook pages of assoicates lately and I have noticed a trend..there are very few visual/pictures tributes to P that don't also have the associate in the picture with him. It is starting to feel like self-promotion through affliation. Maybe this is P's fault for not making enough friends outside of the music industry. Maybe the people closest to being his real friends don't feel the need to drop his name.

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Your post are so long I get lost in them.

I may be awfully cynical tonight. But wouldn't she be a bit too young to remember those kind of details. Didn't her parents divorce when Prince was 8 or 9. She is 2 years younger than him. How is she remembering those kind of details if she was only about 6 or 7 at the time? I am getting super tired of P's associates and family members these days.

purplerabbithole said:

I may be awfully cynical tonight. But wouldn't she be a bit too young to remember those kind of details. Didn't her parents divorce when Prince was 8 or 9. She is 2 years younger than him. How is she remembering those kind of details if she was only about 6 or 7 at the time? I am getting super tired of P's associates and family members these days.

It is probably rare but I can remember events from my childhood starting from before my sister was born (she is 2 years younger than me!) including the day of her birth and even the clothes I was wearing that day. Though generally speaking, most people would remember things from 4-5 years old. People in our family always talked a lot with us which probably helped us memorise events more easily.

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I must have had a lousy childhood because my memories are extremely vague from that period. Don't get me wrong--I have some but they are disparate and generally they are things that were reoccuring throughout my childhood (like my dad's dinner prayer.).

laurarichardson said:

purplerabbithole said:

I may be awfully cynical tonight. But wouldn't she be a bit too young to remember those kind of details. Didn't her parents divorce when Prince was 8 or 9. She is 2 years younger than him. How is she remembering those kind of details if she was only about 6 or 7 at the time? I am getting super tired of P's associates and family members these days.

[/quote Prince was 10 and she was 8. I remember plenty from when I was 8. You cannot be seriously implying she is making things up about their childhood?

Most kids are in the 3d grade at 8. I remember everything about the third grade even my teacher's name and all the field trips we went on. I can even remember back as far as 4 years old and my brother being born. I would be suspect if she said she remembered Prince when he was 4 but she would definitely remember him at 10.

purplerabbithole said:

I must have had a lousy childhood because my memories are extremely vague from that period. Don't get me wrong--I have some but they are disparate and generally they are things that were reoccuring throughout my childhood (like my dad's dinner prayer.).

laurarichardson said:

purplerabbithole said:

I don't remember many of my teachers names at all. I can remember more details starting around 8 or 10 than before that. But alot of it is music videos, playing Star Wars with the neighbor boy, my upground pool, my dog Dusty, my dad's mustache, bowling leagues, my best friend Mandy's drawing with me. School stuff, I am vague about. I think it might be because I was extremely shy as a a kid and we moved accross the country when I was 4 or 5.

I guess music memories would be easier to remember. So I take back what I said about Tyka's memories of P. They just seemed a bit vague and cliche. PLus, she said P and her would put on shows with her as a backup singer. But when she described the family doing music together, she said Prince would never sing. At the time, that seemed like a contradiction. The oatmeal box rhythm playing seems specific enough to be real. I am just having trouble knowing what to believe where Tyka is concerned.

laurarichardson said:

Most kids are in the 3d grade at 8. I remember everything about the third grade even my teacher's name and all the field trips we went on. I can even remember back as far as 4 years old and my brother being born. I would be suspect if she said she remembered Prince when he was 4 but she would definitely remember him at 10.

purplerabbithole said:

I must have had a lousy childhood because my memories are extremely vague from that period. Don't get me wrong--I have some but they are disparate and generally they are things that were reoccuring throughout my childhood (like my dad's dinner prayer.).

Actually Prince had said he did not do a lot of singing until "Grand Central" and that was because the other guys voices were not that good. If I remember correctly his demos were instrumentals.

purplerabbithole said:

I don't remember many of my teachers names at all. I can remember more details starting around 8 or 10 than before that. But alot of it is music videos, playing Star Wars with the neighbor boy, my upground pool, my dog Dusty, my dad's mustache, bowling leagues, my best friend Mandy's drawing with me. School stuff, I am vague about. I think it might be because I was extremely shy as a a kid and we moved accross the country when I was 4 or 5.

I guess music memories would be easier to remember. So I take back what I said about Tyka's memories of P. They just seemed a bit vague and cliche. PLus, she said P and her would put on shows with her as a backup singer. But when she described the family doing music together, she said Prince would never sing. At the time, that seemed like a contradiction. The oatmeal box rhythm playing seems specific enough to be real. I am just having trouble knowing what to believe where Tyka is concerned.

laurarichardson said:

Most kids are in the 3d grade at 8. I remember everything about the third grade even my teacher's name and all the field trips we went on. I can even remember back as far as 4 years old and my brother being born. I would be suspect if she said she remembered Prince when he was 4 but she would definitely remember him at 10.

Thank you so much for posting. Sorry, not sorry; these are the types of things that I enjoy hearing. Also since she is his sister; for some reason when she tells the stories, I don't hear sadness in her voice. I actually hear peace, joy, acceptance and for whatever reason it brings a smile to my face instead of all the anguish that I feel when I think about Prince (i.e. "why did it have to happen, what happen, why was he alone, etc etc."). I hope her book contains wonderful little memories such as these. Hearing these memories just moves me beyond having to know "what really happened". at least for today

Asenath0607 said:

Thank you so much for posting. Sorry, not sorry; these are the types of things that I enjoy hearing. Also since she is his sister; for some reason when she tells the stories, I don't hear sadness in her voice. I actually hear peace, joy, acceptance and for whatever reason it brings a smile to my face instead of all the anguish that I feel when I think about Prince (i.e. "why did it have to happen, what happen, why was he alone, etc etc."). I hope her book contains wonderful little memories such as these. Hearing these memories just moves me beyond having to know "what really happened". at least for today

I feel the same, and you know, I can actually hear a little bit of Prince in her voice. It's like all these memories they have in common and the moments they spent together as brother and sister, have fusioned and are reflected in her soul forever. And that's not only beautiful but possibly makes her one of the strongest and most precious living testimony of his early life.

purplerabbithole said:

Maybe I am just in the anger stage of grief...LOL. That's what is bothering me tonight, I guess. Anytime any of the associates show any anger in defense of P or about his death, they get written off as crazy shit stirrers. But I find it odd that there isn't more anger from the beloved Purple Army. A bunch of "I miss you P"s. but no demands for answers. A bunch of people making money off his legacy and then defending others who are doing the same, but no one saying "How the fuck did people (prince included) let this shit happen to him?" I don't know what to think. I don't know if the shit stirrers are the truth tellers or the live-and-let-live-and-make-a-living-in-show-business folks are telling the truth. Do most of these folks know what happened and are just being nice about keeping it to themselves or do very few people know anything but simply don't care. Let me give you an example. I perused facebook pages of assoicates lately and I have noticed a trend..there are very few visual/pictures tributes to P that don't also have the associate in the picture with him. It is starting to feel like self-promotion through affliation. Maybe this is P's fault for not making enough friends outside of the music industry. Maybe the people closest to being his real friends don't feel the need to drop his name.

FlyOnTheWall said:

I agree: You're being awfully cynical tonight.

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