Or did he overcome it?

What do you think?

Yeah he still shy but now he's too cool to admit it

Prince is NOT shy. He is careful.....

jasmine3121 said:

I agree


he's a shy guy and we him 4 it

I'm shy to...shy guys are cute, shy girls are laughed at.

1999dontyouwannago said:

yeah, same here

1999dontyouwannago said:

I love to sing but I am so shy that I wont sing infront of no one but my mirror I wont even sing infront of my family now that's sad

jasmine3121 said:

Me neither!
But I SUCK at singing.
Still like to.

Graycap23 said:

You have to admire someone who understands the power of reserve.

1999dontyouwannago said:

I'm with u guys
Love singing, but I can't do it in front of people... unless im a large group
I did two years of concert choir and 2 school musicals in high school... where I was in the company, though I'd try for the lead every year.
I can't even stick in front of my mirror, I hate mirrors

Back to Prince, he's only shy offstage. Onstage, he's never shy about letting us know how he feels He's gotten better, but I don't think he'll get over his offstage shyness completely cuz you can't help being who u are

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

How do you know?
[Edited 4/2/08 13:14pm]

seems like he's got more confidence about himself compare the 86' interview about under the cherry moon to now Totally different I'm happy for him. Maybe he can help me with my shyness!!!

jasmine3121 said:

me too my family didn't even know i could dance until my brother's wedding and even then he had to make me get and dance

1999dontyouwannago said:

Not by everyone, when someone is genuine shy, male or female, they win my sympathy instantly. There's just something about being shy, some vulnerability.

And I do think that Prince is still occassionaly shy. You can see it in some tv appearances/interviews. When someone acts strange, not at ease is some sort of shyness also.

Graycap23 said:

That makes sense. That's why his ass isn't always in tabloids or on tv.
And I guess acting shy would help because its cute. I like that.

Why is it that the thread asked about Prince and everybody started talking about themselves?!

I don't believe that Prince would be shy when standing up for something he believes in. Maybe the face of love makes Prince shy.

Genesia said:

Exactly. Prince has never been shy...that's a myth.

Prince is reticent, NOT shy...there's a difference.

babynoz said:

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "reticent":

Olympian, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, chilled, chilly, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, closemouthed, cold, constrained, cool, detached, discreet, distant, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, introverted, modest, offish, quiet, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, retiring, shrinking, shy, silent, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, taciturn, tight-lipped, timid, unaffable, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, ungenial, unresponsive, withdrawn

Puleeeeaaaaze, Prince IS shy.Okay,maybe hes madd cool onstage but look at the brotha try 2 give a speech.Its so adorable...its like hes back in school all over again.You can hear it all in his voice.Go listen to his speech for the induction in2 the UK Hall of Fame.

Anyone that has met Prince knows he is not shy!

I think he still is, most times.

royalshyness said:

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ret·i·cent Audio Help /ˈrɛtəsənt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ret-uh-suhnt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2. reluctant or restrained.


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[Origin: 1825–35; < L reticent- (s. of reticéns), prp. of reticére to be silent, equiv. to re- re- + -tic-, comb. form of tacére to be silent (cf. tacit) + -ent- -ent]

—Related forms
ret·i·cence, ret·i·cen·cy, noun
ret·i·cent·ly, adverb


—Synonyms 1. taciturn, quiet, uncommunicative.
—Antonyms 1. talkative, voluble.
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adj.
Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at silent.
Restrained or reserved in style.
Reluctant; unwilling.


[Latin reticēns, reticent-, present participle of reticēre, to keep silent : re-, re- + tacēre, to be silent.]

ret'i·cent·ly adv.

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adjective
1. temperamentally disinclined to talk
2. cool and formal in manner [syn: restrained]
3. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.] Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Tac"it\, a. [L. tacitus, p. p. of tacere to be silent, to pass over in silence; akin to Goth. [thorn]ahan to be silent, Icel. [thorn]egja, OHG. dag[=e]n: cf. F. tacite. Cf. Reticent.] Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. -- Tac"it*ly, adv.

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SquirrelMeat said:

Thank you!

1999dontyouwannago said:

I know, what's the deal with that!

babynoz said:

*

You know the value of every article of merchandise,
but if you don't know the value of your own soul,
it's all foolishness.
You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars;
but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or unclean.
This, this is the essence of all sciences -
that you should know who you will be when Judgment Day arrives.

- Rumi

royalshyness said:

Y'know, when someone like LittleRedCorvette, for example quotes Rumi she does so coming from a profound place.

However, when Royalshyness/Stereo/Sacredwarrior/Whitewidow/Home uses the same words as a tactic it isn't quite the same. Who will you be next week, hmmm?

babynoz said:

Don't forget Box.

babynoz said:

they werent for you. i'm a mirror. the reflection u just gave me of urself is about you, not me.

take care now.

ToraToraDreams said:

Oh yeah,

What about Quietseven?