This is an excerpt of an interview conducted with Carlos Santana in the current issue of Rolling Stone, dated August 19, 1999.



RS: Has Prince ever spoken with you about your influence on him?



CS: Yeah. I just played with him in Minneapolis about two, three weeks ago, and he was very gracious. I wanted to say something to him, but I didn't, so I am going to say it now: I believe that if the Artist would find the time to do an album with Michael Jackson, put the ego aside, put the personalities aside and, as two supreme entertainer-musicians, collaborate on song for song, note for note, dance for dance-this would be amazing, a whole new dimension of creativity. So this is an invitation for him and Michael Jackson, and for Quincy Jones to produce it and create something we are all ready for.



RS: And you'd be willing to add a guitar solo?



CS: I'll be the roadie.



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Personally, I think this idea would have been more intriguing back in 1984 when these two artists were a tad more relevant. Given their current state of affairs, a collaboration like this would seem like a desperate attempt at a hit, in MY eyes.