purplecorvette1 said:

Lovingly amazing. Thanks.

Hey, that was a great read and a nice find. This should be on the homepage, if it isn´t already.

Prince of Books: PW Talks to Randee St. Nicholas
A Web-Exclusive Q&A
by Christina M. Hinke -- Publishers Weekly, 10/6/2008 11:00:00 AM
In 21 Nights, the first-ever book by Prince, photographer Randee St. Nicholas follows the musician during his 21 sold-out shows at the O2 arena in London last year, and unearths Prince’s introspective side.

How did this book come about for you?

I had four other book offers, but didn’t want to do them. When Prince asked me I said, “OK.” He said to me, “I want to do a book together, come up with an idea.” I said, “You’re going to be in London for a period of time playing 21 nights, I think we should do it about this time in your life, instead of doing a retrospective of the photographs we’ve done over the years. It’s a very important time for you, and the music industry, to show that one artist can perform and sellout 21 nights in one city to 24,000 people a night.”

How did you plan the shoot?

I set up my equipment and lights all over the place, so wherever he would come to I would be ready to shoot, that was the approach. I am not a candid photographer; even my pictures of him performing live don’t look candid. It was candid in the sense that there was no plan for what he was going to do or what he was going to wear. It was very stylized, but it’s not some glamorous way of making him be a certain way. It was really what I witnessed and experienced, but I wanted it to have an editorial fashion twist to it because his fashion has been a very big statement along with his music. It’s very much like being on tour with Prince for a month, and it’s very different than what [fans] would expect it to be.

What do you think the fans expect?

I think that they think that Prince parties all of the time. And there is that amazing side to him. He has a home in Los Angeles with a club in the basement and he performs there for his friends, and has intimate dinner parties. He is a very social guy, but actually I think he’s very introspective and I think that shows. He spends a lot of time on his own. The book is mostly the private moments when he wasn’t performing. I don’t think people have seen that before. He has also taken a different direction in his spirituality.

What kind of direction?

He’s been evolving in all sorts of ways musically, spiritually, as an artist, as a man, as a human being. Because people think of him as Prince, the purple magistrate, they forget that first and foremost, before being a man, there’s an incredible artist in there who is forever changing and growing. He’s one of the smartest people I know, and I have met a lot of really bright people in my life, and he’s open, funny and he’s fascinated with life, he’s forever learning. What I see in him is an incredible evolution, and I think he and his spirituality are right there evolving with everything else about him. The only thing that hasn’t changed is he looks the same. At 50 he looks the same as when he was 18 or 19. He needs very little retouching.

Is he always dressed to the nines?

You don’t see him in jeans and a T-shirt, and then go on stage dressed as Prince. That’s how he dresses, that’s who he is 24 hours a day. He is exactly who he is all the time.

the daily express (uk 3rd oct) sorry there's no link

an article in this tabloid elaborated on this ^ ... 'an admiring randee at the bash at the dorchester:
prince never ages. he looks the same now as he did 20 yrs ago..i don't know what his secret is'
apparently she gushed...' his body is in impeccable shape. i always say 2 him, & he laughs at me, that he has the best bottom - guy or girl - that you have ever seen. it's like a girl's bottom - really shapely & peachy'
(the article adds 'that really is too much info randee!') NO IT ISN'T!

she also talks about the LA party & said ' we had a party at his house with 20 huge photosgraphs from the book on easels - i mean huge! 5 feet x 6 feet.
he still has them, all of them, in his garage'.

wow she's got the best job in the world!

Wow. like what she sez about him. Itz so nice. Thank yew 2 all who posted.

Thank you, very nice interview and love Randee words about Prince

Beautiful-very nice of Randee to give us alittle insight