From the Sydney Morning Herald
His name is Prince, and he's no flunky
Author: Bernard Zuel
Date: 25/10/2003
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Section: News And Features

As ever, the man born Prince Rogers Nelson said it better: ``My name is Prince and I am funky." Mixing James Brown, Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and, perhaps incongruously, Joni Mitchell in a package that was equal parts danceable and singable, he was the most talented of the 1980s superstars such as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Bruce Springsteen.
His name is Prince and he is prolific he's written, sung, produced and often played every note on his albums, the first of which was made when he was 19 in 1978 and the 25th or 26th (depending on how you count the many official and unofficial releases including double and triple albums) a few months ago.

His name is Prince and he is strangely sexy despite or maybe because of wearing a wispy moustache, a black jockstrap under a full-length coat, high heel boots and a smile that was more ``I know what you want and I'm ready" than come hither.

His name is Prince and he is wealthy. Not just because of sales from mega albums such as Purple Rain but because since leaving a major record label he's put out albums independently and the vast majority of the money has gone directly to him.

His name was Prince and then it wasn't. In dispute with his record company he scrawled the word ``slave" on his face, adopted a squiggly symbol as his name, then asked that he be called The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. Not coincidently his sales began to plummet. His name is

EROTICCITYNPG said:

So instead of getting a "small" share from a large amount (and that small share was bigger than most artists' share), he now gets a large share of a vastly smaller amount. Except that he still gets money from record released 2 decades ago, yet doesn't from those released in the past half decade.

what was the purpose of this story? where is the writer going with this.Yes he can still play better than any of the artist of the 80's, and yes he still puts on the best live shows,so what does money have to do with it.

'His Name is Prince, and He's No Flunky'

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