since 1984- so 23 years- (been prb since i was 15, 4 22 yrs!)

liked earlier songs, but wasnt a fan til '84

I remember lying in bed listening to my sister play lovely music when I was 4, and when my mum told her to turn it down I asked her not to. That 'lovely music' was the opening chords of 'Let's Go Crazy', and it was 1984.

I listened in to my sister's music collection, sneaking into her room and playing albums when she was out and when I learned how taping them onto tapes. I got my first pocket money in 1991, then I went out and bought Diamonds and Pearls.

So 1984... Wow!

since 1978 .....

prb said:

Pretty much the same, Was around '84, just around time I was turning 15.

Since "soft and wet". That would make it 29 years. I've been a fan since I was 16 years old.

since 1978 and have been defending him 4 that long 2 - the people from my neighbourhood were cruel saying he's gay and 2 feminine
when the bottom line is that he's a musical genius and all that doesn't matter - people can be so critical!

since 1984

24 years!! Got every album from the eighties on vinyl and cassette...and cd.
got all the new joints tooo...plus some boots!

thepope2the9s said:

Thanks Christaro! and a2grafix, I actually had to sneak and buy 1999 on vinyl at a department store called Zayre when it came out. I was brought up in a very religious family and had to hide it and listen when my parents were out of the house. So glad I had the good sense to not listen to my parents when it came to my music.

studal said:

Me too. When I heard Controversy back in the day in 1982, I was hooked.
I did not even know what controversy meant until I asked my Mom. Thanks, Prince! However, with his other songs, my parents kinda did not like. However, I was able to buy his albums.

My parents started getting worried about me and all the questions I was asking about Prince's lyrics. They were like --- oh lord!

A Beautiful~Amazing Quarter of a Century!

For me.. Prince is special to me.. my mom was pregnant with me when she heard *when doves cry* and was a fan since then. I always say I was a fan before birth. Everytime I listen to the PR cd it just feels like a "old friend" if you will. I consider prince a special bond I have with my mother. Is that weird? so that would be 21 years and counting
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24 years
yes i love prince music all the 24years

May 1984.

Right after I heard When Doves Cry for the first time.

I was in elementary catholic school when FOR YOU came out...I was 12. At 14, I fell in love with Prince when I first saw him on AB!! My-oh-my, Im getting old!!

ZsaZsaZsu said:

Honey, you are not getting old..look at Prince...he isn't!

8 years! Ever since I was about 9...I'm 17 now. And I'll be a fan till I die...my kids are gonna be prince fans too =)

zhare said:

when LRC/1999 came out- i thought P was a group- i mean who has a name Prince
i was only 12/13

Since 1992 - when I was the grand age of 11!

since 1991, when the Diamonds & Pearls album came out. i was 13 years old, and i'll never forget my mom going crazy when she found out that i had secretly bought the cassete tape. she called over the pastor of our church to talk me out of liking prince.and here i am all these years later, 29 years old, a fan, and i still believe in God. sorry mom.

7 years, ever since I was introduced to Prince, but if I was alive in the 70s when his first album came out I would have been a fan since then, making it 29 years my mind; if that makes any sense at all.

This sums it up after 66 reactions!
Pretty interesting, huh?

Christaro said:

"My name is Prince" is what got the ball rolling for me. So since 1992 - 15 years.

Wow has it been that long?!

I feel old.

DieLon said:

Wow.. a noobie!! Welcome to the wierd and wondeful world of being a prince fan and the org.

Get all his stuff - right back to 1978. Took me years to explore it all, and loved every minute... aaaahhhh..... memories of going to the public library, taping the cd's, and creating my own covers (yes I was a gippo).










PS I have it all on CD now though!

Jochem said:

Thanks for your statistics Jochem. This makes it all very clear.

Add me to the "since 1978" crowd. I was 16 years old when "Soft and Wet" came out.