I think the most difficult thing about following Prince, indulging in his music and diving into various parts of his career from day 2 day:

Is staying grounded. Once he's on my mind, he stays there until he gets up and leaves or I find something else that's strong enough a force to rival him and "throw" him out of my mind 4 a short time.

I know that when he was going through that evolution during his years as , he became more grounded than he was b4. He got wrapped in the ego and was addicted to going into the studio and releasing more and more music. It must have taken him a lot of time to find a balance.

He inspires me on a daily basis. I was just watching the Chris Rock interview and this came to mind.

I was wondering if anyone else here has had this problem of balancing Prince with their other priorities.

I'm a college student with 2.5 weeks left 2 go and I feel like Prince distracts me sometimes. That's the reason I want 2 limit my listens 2 TGE cuz Prince's spirituality in the album gets to me and I find my head soaring 2 the clouds when I have more important things I really should be doing.

I might explore this issue further on my new blog, so keep an eye on it if I write more on this. http://www.xanga.com/DreamyPopRoyalty

Prince sure would want me to stay grounded. But he doesn't exactly make it easy when he gets my soul vibrating, tempting it to reach 2 new heights.

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

I do, I fed my kids breakfast this morning, at least I think it was my kids, got on here off and on today and I haven't seen them since.
Just Kidding!
But, I know what you mean.

Musicology is probably the only album I own that could possibly be of any help in this situation.

It's the kind of album that u can cozy up with and relax 2.

I also wonder what gets me higher:

An excess of Prince's music or watching one of his interviews.

I just saw the Chris Rock one from 1997 and it just blew me away... and is overall responsible 4 me starting this thread

yea.. i know wat ya mean. now that finals are coming up- i can't listen to any music except classical music. this sucks case i have 3 CDs coming in next week and I have no will power. its not just w/ Prince's music, but all my fave artists. its so hard to stop listening! damn, so addictive.

tznekbsbfrvr said:

I probably shouldn't have started this thread, lol... cuz I'm a lot more grounded now. That was a temporary funk I went thru that only lasted a few hours.

I woke up this morning and was able to focus on the paper I'm supposed to finish 4 Monday. I"m almost done, so I'm saving the rest 4 tomorrow...

Then again, Purple Rain is on TV tonite, so who knows what kind of shape I'll be in after watching?
When I watched it the first time, more than a month ago, I viewed it as Prince playing an role... not himself... during that crazy week, I started craving him more and watched the movie just to see him speak... maybe I'll b grounded enough to see him as "The Kid" and not as Prince...

I went through a phase in my late teens/early 20's where it was all-Prince, all-the-time. Looking back, I'm sure I annoyed most everyone around me (but at the time, he was still on top!)

I would spend a lot of money on collectible stuff - the highest-ticket item being the purple paisley Diamonds & Pearls box. I bought that and immediately had buyer's remorse. I asked myself "why do you have this? It's just a regular CD in there!". After that, I sold it (at a loss but still a good amount of money) and I didn't by any more items like that.

My point: after a while, you will realize that it's just music. It's mostly amazing music, and it will lift your soul at time, but it's still just music. Gotta pay the bills and go to work/school first.

I am just fortunate to work in a creative field where I can play music at my Mac all day long!