In an interview with Jon Bream, Garth Brooks talks about the Prince link in his new "character" Chris Gaines:



"Prince was a big influence on him," Brooks said of Gaines. "His live-in girlfriend, her favorite artist is Prince. His stuff starts to swing toward R&B at the end of the decade. His R&B side is his least accepted side by his fans." Brooks describes "The Way of the Girl," a track on the new album, as "Prince meets Aerosmith head-on."



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