I remember reading years ago that prince only sleeps 2hrs a night because he is such a workaholic and I have often thought he looks really well off 2hrs sleep. Though when he played the brit awards a couple of years ago and the lights went orange for a couple of seconds towards the end of his set you could really see the big bags under his eyes.

MRPRIEST said:

well love i would hope and pry he learn on how to get more sleep then that love but make up realy can make wounders love even when u got a good make up person for shure love so anouther then that u know love i pray that he does love cause god did say u cant live by bead ahlone loves

truleyloved said:

Thanks love!

According to Randee St Nicholas, the pics for the book were shot between 2am and 8am, and she would talk to Prince at midday and he still wouldn't have slept.

Not to worry. That was 2006. As a concession to age, he now averages almost 2.5 hours of sleep per night.

And to avert any future eyebag tragedies, he has all orange lights removed from any venue at which he appears.

Backed up AND sleep deprived. No wonder baby brother is so pissed off.

CJBabyDaddy said:

Is that true?

Bless his heart..I hope Prince gets napz here and there. I think lights can be just as damaging to the skin as the sun. I live in low lighting. I got headaches in school from them. I was fortunate to attend one college that kept them dim.

MRPRIEST said:

Prince is ALWAYS LOVINGLY GORGEOUS
[Edited 10/15/08 8:34am]

I hope he's getting plenty of sleep. As a person gets older they need more rest. But you know P is such a workaholic.

Hope Princey is getting more rest to stay healthy

if i lived the exciting life that he does i wouldnt need sleep either. Can you imagine how exciting his life must be, no wonder he dosn't sleep.

MRPRIEST said:

He slept longer than that last night.

As far as I know, he still runs on such little sleep

I heard back in the D&P period when he was recording the album or filming the videos, he recorded/shot them during the early am hours because that was when he was the most awake.
A true night owl

And some people can just get by on that amount of sleep. My dad travels to the Far East a lot for his job (which happens to have several international customers) and because of the time change, he only sleeps so many hours a night and gets by just fine.
However, there are times when he gets back from a long trip that he's drowsy for the first couple of days he's home and it takes him a little extra time to get back to his normal routine.

I'm going to venture a guess that every once in a while, Prince hits a stooper from lack of sleep, but its probably at times where he's not so much in the limelight. In the end, though, I'm willing to beat that when he gets more sleep than he's used to simply because he has to rest, that's when inspiration hits and he starts the cycle all over again

ToraToraDreams said:

That is very sad.

ToraToraDreams said:

That's hilarious.

I always heard it was 4hrs a night - not sure where 2hrs was pulled from. Some people can survive on this amount of sleep. Some people can survive on doing short naps every few hours instead of a long sleep (scenes in films such as SOTT and GB point to him doing this).

However, these stories probably just add to the mystique not clear if theres much truth to them, although I remember in a biog I read that he used to sleep hardly at all during certain event but then sleep for days afterwards.

I also read or saw in an interview somewhere that when he's inspired he records the song right away, he doesnt stop and restart the next day, he carries on until its finished. This would figure and would cause him to sleep at different times.
[Edited 10/15/08 17:15pm]

WaterInYourBath said:

Not as hilarious as Rosie Palm and her 5 daughters (from back in the day high school joke among football players). So I would guess P is not backed up!

Astasheiks said:

I had to look that one up. Nice.

ToraToraDreams said:

Yea, I fell out of the chair remembering that one from High School!

Dayclear said:

He doesn't need a lot of beauty rest,cuz he'z so beautiful already.

Astasheiks said:

Oh, I get it. Funny. LOL. But honestly, when I saw "backed up" I thought it was a joke about possible constipation.

sandraparke said:

Yea, celibate 50 year olds definitely have a super exciting life!

TheFreakerFantastic said:

I had classmate on one of my marketing classes that only slept 5hrs. I asked her if she ever tried to sleep 8hrs. She told me that 8hrs made her feel dizzy.

I remember the brief-napping-parts in the movies GB and SOTT that you're mentioning, TheFreakerFantastic. Great observations.

We, concerned fans, may be worrying for nothing. It is our way of show love for Prince.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Astasheiks said:

How did that joke go? I never heard of it.

ToraToraDreams said:

How do you know?

Are near his toilet when he goes?


BTW: If he is vegan/vegetarian + (very important) eating more fruits and vegetables "live and raw", and not over-cooked (killed), Prince would never be "Backed-up" (If that means constipated). The reason I stress eating veggies raw, or lightly cooked is because some vegans/vegetarians "just take the meat out" but continue to eat garbage without meat.

Prince would eliminating about 2-3 times a day. With this American fast food diet, most people here do not eliminate more than once a day for life. Some eliminate once every 2 days.

If you do not eliminate 2-3 times daily, you will be headed for severe illness (Colon cancer especially).

Basically you are full of waste.

Militant said:

Impressive. U really pay attention

I'm sure Prince needs at least 4 to 6 hours sleep a nite. Some people forget that he is a normal human being.

gyro34 said:

U are kidding?