The best thing Prince has inspired me to do is to take a more active interest in spirtuality. Accepting God has nothing to do with religion which used to turn me off. Positivity happens naturaly when people accept that God is within them.

In the past I looked up to alot of nihlistic people.I admired alot of people that had negativity in their lives and embraced it as sort of a badge of strength. Getting back into Prince's music again slowly let me loosen my grip this illusion. Looking back I felt like a very angry person and attracted/was attracted to people who had alot of anger inside them. Anger didn't necessairly present itself in the form of anger but sort of a pessmistic additude, insecurity and sarcasim.

Now I have been noticing that surrounding myself with positive people has made me such a happier person. Of course I am not totally happy all the time but I am much more able to deal with negativity than in the past.

I am not crediting Prince entirely with this new acceptance but I think seeing him as a postive role model and actually being open to the things he has been saying has shown me that spirtuality doesn't have to be this corny thing.
You can still be cutting edge and your own person and still accept God.

What has Prince REALLY taught you?
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LOVE , PEACE OF MIND
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my brother says that not having an opinion is an opinion.....i don't know...
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the shoes we are to ware must be worn and walked in down the winding road.

I never really thought about it but I suppose Prince (along with good parents and common sense) helped me embrace my individuality and be comfortable in my own skin.

I'm completely straight, yet I used to get teased about looking like a girl when I was much younger and I got asked if I was gay sometimes. I was very thin and had long hair. In fact, people told me all the time that I looked like Prince. This was when Purple Rain came out and I was around 8 or 9. I hated the comparison (eventhough I liked his music, I was reluctant to admit it) or when people told me I was pretty.

However, with time, I learned to accept that I didn't look like the Marlboro man and that it was cool to just be myself. I also saw that Prince never had any trouble getting women, make up, high heels and all. So in a way, I suppose he helped me be a little more confident.

He taught me how to not give a fuck what anyone thinks.

that it's okay to sue those that supposedly care about me.

He taught me that sex can be spiritual, and this is before I experienced Sex, which actually got me prepared for that and I THANK him every day for this.
Kinky sex, hot sex, passionate sex, it can all be SPIRITUAL.
In order to experience all those amazing and good feelings, you don't have to sleep with millions of poeple to be able to feel it. NO, to the contrary, its a matter of state of mind and your spiritual connection with the person you are with.

Apart from that side of things, he definitely taught me the level and standard of what is to be considered GREAT MUSIC.
He rocks my world.

MickG said:

Exactly!


He has taught me that wierd is not bad, and to accept myself as I am, that being unique is being different. And difference is not wierd. It's just "different"

not 2 wear bottomless pants!

Scandalous69 said:

I totally know what you are saying! I was raised a good little catholic girl and I always assoicated sex with guilt. I never thought as sex as spiritual untill Prince pointed it out! Now I see that they really go hand in hand.

To expect the unexpected.

And...

To always be ready for whatever comes your way.

vainandy said:

Same here! And I learned my lesson well!!

How to fuck customers over who pay good money for stuff!

vainandy said:

i learned from him that if i need to make a point, go ahead and make it, even if it makes me look like a complete nut to the rest of the world.

thanks, prince - now the rest of the world thinks i'm completely

DMSR

I learned from Prince to believe in myself and trust who I am.

He taught me that there is more to the world than I can actually see.

He taught me that I must think about things and form my own opinions and not just go with the grain.

He taught me not to judge others too harshly and try and see things from their perspective.

He taught me that it's alright to worry about things and that it's okay not to always have the answer.

Most of all he taught me that love and sex will always be a great combination.

vainandy said:

I was just about to say the same thing and that is what Prince taught me too.

MY LOVE..MY LIfeblood..... To be STRONG..To Be Free..To Be COLOR BLIND...To Be OUTSPOKEN and UNAFRAID,...TO BE FEARLESS.... TO LOVE..To EXPLORE..To BELIEVE IN GOD..To Be DIFFERENT.....To Be AN INDIVIDUAL.. It is HIM Named PRINCe WHOM I am MeArly a PUPIL..... He is MY MENTOR.....MY PERFECT MAN.....LOVE OF MY ENTIRETY.....FOREVER IN PURPLY MAN's LAIR...FOREVER UNDER HIS SPELL..... Is He a WITCHY MAN of LOVE????

How to be a great musician & an even better savvy businessman. He's completely changed how artists deal directly with labels. Many didn't think he'd comeback
after the Warner fiasco,.. but the last 2 distribution plans prove otherwise.

Flawless.

Da little guy has taught me how to score wit' da ladies by wearing stillettos.
(Shit, my hip is killing me tho...)

xpertluva said:

I can completely relate! I got in2 Prince hardcore when I was about 3 years old in 1984, so going thru middle school and high school people assumed I was gay cause they thought he was gay, They also felt that me being a man, I shouldn't have been in2 him and his music as hard as I was (as opposed 2 gangsta rap and whatever was popular on the radio). I did take it a step further by embracing my individulaity and just dressing in some really freaky outfits in school, growing my hair long, dyeing my hair different colorrs, wearing nothing but silver jewelry and african beads and chokers, and I sed 2 enhance my eyes with clear mascara and eye liner. So yes, I was the outcast in school. Most people would say that I brought all the ridicule I suffered in school on myself and I would agree 2 an extent, but it meant more 2 me when I'd hear the rare open minded individual tell me how much of an inspiration I was 2 them 4 "doing my own thing", and not caring what others thought about me. Plus, NEVER had a problem getting or keeping a girlfriend. They all respected my individuality when others were trying 2 be "hard" and "gangsta". Plus, being a black man playing the guitar, bass, drums, and keys but rarely using it 4 hip-hop music in a mostly black shool (here in Detroit, and when I moved 2 Tennessee) didn't help either, cause U'd get the ones who said that I listend 2 and played "white music". Prince and his music has taught me 2 just be who U are, "don't let society tell U how it's supposed 2 be", and instead of following everyone else's path, cut across the field and start your own 4 others 2 follow...

How to be versatile and eccentrically fantastic

vainandy said:

DITTO

To embrace acts of the sexual nature as healthy deep normal and fun activites instead of how terrible my mom used to make me feel about sex. ("Sex is dirty, wrong, and no daughter of mine will be doing it!) Also, how to yes, not give a fuck but also how to lovingly look a prince hater in the eye and make a smartass comment about how they don't know shit about prince or his music.

Mindbells9 said:

Yeah, I know what you mean. With age, most people should realize that the coolest people are the ones with enough guts to be themselves and not conform. It's so much easier to blend in than it is to be different, but I've relished in my individuality since my early adolescence.
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Prince taught me, all that glitters isn't gold.

Love the one who is love .
The one who gave us the power.
The one who made everything
Elephants and Flowers .
The one who will listen when others will not .
There will be peace 4 those who love God a lot.