Hi all, i have been a fan of Prince for a while now, as im sure many of you have! I was 11 yrs old when i was really getting into his music and as i've got older (now 26) have appreciated so much more than i would have at that age. Since seeing him in concert i think i have become an even bigger fan haha. How old where you when you started as a fan?

I was eleven, and I'm now thirty-seven.

Dan26 said:

I was 8 years old and I did not understand a word of English at that time.
It was and still is all about the music.
I found him very daring, confident, talented, sexy and he remains the same, he is a beautiful example of an accomplished and mature artist.
I had to the chance to witness his magic in LV and in London this year.

I was 5 years old. My 30th birthday is tomorrow.

11 and now 34

About 9 or 10. All of the filth totally went over my head though. I just liked the music

i was about 13 or 14, im now 17..

It was many many moons ago. I was just a baby really.

well for me it was 7th grade, and i believe i was 12.
and that was a LOOOOONG time ago.

It's hardly even fair 4 me 2 answer this question, but I can't resist.

I was 20 years, 6 months and 7 days old when I first took the leap into this world.
I am now 21 years, 2 months and 2 days old.

But yeah, a lot has changed in such a short time.
And nearly 8 months later, and I'm still enjoying the ride.

I joined the bandwagon probably about 20 years ago. I watched PR on Channel 4 at the time and that got me interested. I then started buying the back catalogue in my local shopping area (Hounslow) and then further a field into London.

I've been collecting ever since and attending concerts whenever I could. It's been such a great rollercoster of a ride. Even buying music by artists associated with Prince which I would never had done before. So my music collection is kinda vast and the genre I got varies a hell of a lot.

I was 3 years old and when doves cry was my favourite song, sometime in 1986

I think I was 15/16. It was the single release of Gold that got me hooked. I remembered quite liking Thieves in the temple a few years earlier,as well as Cream and Sexy MF, so I bought the Gold Experience and I've been expanding my collection ever since. I am now 29 and I still love the guitar solo at the end of Gold.

Since 1983 - when I was a young teen.

I think I was 12 or13

9.

since 1986, and counting...

Let's just say it was more than 25 years ago -- and let it go at that.

i was 18,19- i am surprised by some of the other ages mentioned . Mainly - because i have often thought that DUE TO MY AGE ... i was impressionable and ... i wondered if I would have been a fan if i was older/younger, etc...

I was 11 and went to my first ever concert (thankyou family that you took me to see Prince and not some crap boy band everyone else loved at the time) aged 12.

I was 13 - When Doves Cry was a big hit in '84
was really hooked when I bought Parade in '86

I was 20 - 1983/84 - saw Purple rain review in Sounds and took a chance.

Glad I did - been fan ever since - now 44.

About 8

13 years old..... in 1978
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12

10 now I'm 36 and still diggin' Princey just the same.
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Was about 13 on a school day trip 2 Franc3, saw th3 vid3o 2 WH3N DOV3S CRY,(it play3d 3v3ry 15 mins so tim3d 3v3ry 15 on th3 crossing!!).
Was totally blown away by 3v3rything about it..th3 hat, th3 crying fac3, W3NDY and LISA,(I so fanci3d w3ndy!), it just bl3w m3 away.

I was about 12 or 13 ("I wanna be your lover", "Why you wanna treat me so bad, ...").

I will be 42 in January.