I was eating lunch with some of my colleagues, and they honestly disagreed with me that Prince was a great artist. I have been a longtime Prince fan, recovering Prince junkie, and they accused me of being too subjective in saying Prince was the greatest musician since Hendrix (Sly and Stevie don't count since they came along at the same time or preceded Hendrix).

They told me Sting was a better musician than Prince. As much as I love Sting, and I do, that set me off.

So now I'm looking for quotes from other artists about the greatness of Prince, especially his contemporaries and predecessors. Send them on.

I am determined to pound them into submission.

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/147719
http://www.housequake.com...adid=44305
and kick their ass!!!

FABpolska said:

Thanks! One of them said, "It's a waste of time" but I'm going to find so much stuff (already found some on George Clinton, Miles Davis, Me'Shell, and Bono) that she's gonna be embarrassed to even raise it with me. I told her I refuse to drop it.

Update: I posed the question via email to one of my best friends, also a huge Prince fan, as to Prince's genius. My colleague said I could only find one person. So I emailed dozens more. And so did my colleague. Unanimously, they said my colleagues were crazy (this is from casual Prince fans and non-Prince fans too). My colleagues conceded when they saw the responses, as well as those from some of their own friends, which they wouldn't show me.