TrueFunkSoldier2 said:

that's why i'm laughing at some of the posts of people getting all upset. i believe he gave the reporter some cryptic answer. maybe he did or maybe he didn't, you just never know.

gyro34 said:

Reality check: Prince u say?...perhaps afraid to lose fans??? Not the Purple Prince...not at all. He's a bold person and always been, regardless of wat ppl may think of wat he believes in etc. Just as how ppl have their opinion of wat they think about certain things, he has his own.

With respect, to each his own

Dear Prince,

http://www.huffingtonpost...44338.html

You are the #1 entertainment story at HuffingtonPost.com

You better start doing some damage control. (Having your publicist shoot an email to a blogger named Dr. Funkenberry doesn't count.)

Something tells me that Fred Armisen might have a sketch this week... just a week late because Beyonce was on last week...

incredibleD said:

Well, duh. As anal as Prince can be--why WOULDN'T you use a tape recorder. This kind of misquoting was inevitable.
[Edited 11/17/08 11:44am]

NewSystem said:

For real.

suomynona said:

but the sad part about it is that he never even contacted her to say sorry for your loss, how inhuman is that?

JayJai said:

Thank you

IstenSzek said:

Not a stab or a flame at me?

JayJai said:

it also makes Prince a user,

i've heard a lot of things about Prince and his true persona and its anything but Christian.. if it wasn't for Prince's talent could his character survive a true friendship with out a paycheck attached to it..

and could some one tell me why this guy has not procreated and repopulated this earth??? doesn't Jehovah say "be fruitful and multiply", I find that very odd - even Michael Jackson had some kids - ,.. Prince has been been married twice/dovorced twice and at the age of 50 has not even popped out one.. no kids smells fishy to me...

when u start to pry into others lives its time for someone to shine the light on yours.. discretion is a gift.

ever wonder why ingrid Chavez' Paisley park CD never took off..

Ingrid Chvez
• Ingrid Chavez has written poetry since her adolescence. Raised in an Américano-Mexican household, she moved to Minneapolis in 1986 at the age of 21. At the end of 87, she met Prince in a pub after writing to him. A few days later, she was invited to Paisley Park and took part in the sessions of the album Lovesexy, credited as The Spirit Child.

• The first sessions for the recording of Ingrid Chavez's debut album took place at the end of the 1987. The idea was for Prince to integrate into music the poems of Ingrid.

But wishing to maintain her independence from Prince, Chavez went to Warner Bros. to discuss the contents of the album, after having recorded two songs, Hippy Blood and Little Mama, with Michael Koppelman (the sound engineer for Prince & a respected musician in his own right). Not a smart career move. The executives of Warner were enthusiastic about the album and wanted Ingrid to sing rather than to recite her poetry. This held little interest for Prince, who dropped any remaining interest in the project, leaving Michael Koppelman and Levi Seacer Jr to finish the album.

kjamal said:

what does Prince having no children have anything to do with anything. what an idiotic statment. why does that have any place in this discussion? and what do these decade old stories have to do with this article?
[Edited 11/17/08 12:00pm]

gyro34 said:

A number of all sorts of religious people tried in the past to indocrinate me - without any success.

@ the drawing of Prince. I wouldn't even be able to eat anything in front of Prince. I'd be too nervous.

suomynona said:

He already has....PerezHilton.com

"Contrary to what a recent interview with the New Yorker is reporting, a source close to the rocker tells us that Prince was grossly misquoted and misinterpreted as not down with gay rights.

Apparently, the interviewer did not even use a recorder when she spoke with His Holy Purpleness, and that when she called his people to fact check, it turned out she had several factual inaccuracies, including a little bit about Prince recovering from hip surgery, which he never even had. Like Prince is really made of bones or something and not nebulous gold glitter - come on!

What His Purpleness actually did was gesture to the Bible and said he follows what it teaches, referring mainly to the parts about loving everyone and refraining from judgment.

That sounds better, considering he's a man who caused his own Controversy!

"We're very angry he was misquoted," says our Prince insider...."

As a sidenote I'm calling bullshit with this interview....Not because I don't think Prince would be against Gay Marriage (With his JW beliefs that would not be that surprising..), but because he is never that blunt and upfront in his interviews when it comes to politics and religion...Dude is too much of a cryptic bastard...lol....This sounds like a reporter who needed a recorder (Hey Prince...that no tape recorder policy biting u in the ass, dog?...lol)
[Edited 11/17/08 12:01pm]

murph said:

Then the lil dude should go on TV and say it himself and not use his "minions".

Alredy post. http://prince.org/msg/7/2...sg_6163456

kjamal said:

Who am I defending? Am I standing for free speach...yeah. Everyone is talking crap about Prince because he spoke his mind...I would have done the same for you. I can careless about Jill's interview.....how long is this going to go on? Prince is who he is...I don't know him and from most reports he isn't always nice...well I am sure there are folks out there that might say the same about you.....quit throwing rocks....


This trips me out....if you don't like the man then just leave...I don't like Michael Jackson but do you see me over on his sites talking mess?

psychodelicide said:

Me too.

Ugh.....I wish I was there

However when he got to the bible this and that..its like..hes a robot...does he speak for himself and his own thoughts? I would have thought I was at a JW congregation.

Mirabelle said:

Your convictions are strong then.

I had a close encounter of the JW kind many years ago. In the end, I drew the line between me and them.

kjamal said:

I ovastand u tryna bash Prince and all but start this in another thread or leave it for your Prince-bashin website. This has nothin to do wit wat was said above.

lazycrockett said:

Perez Hilton is a "minion"?...lol....The biggest queer on the planet...the dude that outs celebs on a regular basis?...hahahahaha....

murph said:

LOL no not perez, I'm speaking of his PR people and such. Sending out messages that he was misquoted isn't going to hit the papers like it would if he went face to face with the public and said what he meant to say. That's the only way to turn this around.

prime said:

Bloodclaat Prime, I can jus fuckin kiss u for sayin that!
[Edited 11/17/08 12:17pm]

lazycrockett said:

Yeah, Dr. Funkenberry and Perez Hilton are not going to help much. Almost sounds like Hilton's "Prince Insider" is Prince's publicist.


As if this is the interviewer's fault. Prince hasn't allowed recorders in print interviews for decades.


Tony M. should not be considered an insider.

JayJai said:

Prince has a knack for being a jerk especially to his fans.
I don't know what has lead him to be so enlightened.
The death of his child that he tried to cover up.
His two divorces?
It's ironic that his biggest competition, Michael Jackson, was undoubtedly psychologically damaged by Jehovah's witness.
Now Prince is a Jehovah's witness.
I have always been intrigued by Prince's interest in sex and religion and his attempt to reconcile them
I guess he's given up on sex and given up his mind to the ignorant thoughts of others.
He won't get my money anymore.
at least he is against voting.


Paul
Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger ... And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...osoulbooks

As Bob Mould once said: "Your heros always die."

http://gawker.com/5090339...osexuality

interesting article thanx for sharing

lazycrockett said:

I feel u...but we all know that aint gonna happen....lol

NeoSoul said:

Hmm...well, that's debatable actually. I wouldn't consider that as fact.

God, I wish religion would just go away. I thought we've moved on from this rather lame first attempt at philosophy. If all this Bible bullshit came along tomorrow, wouldn't we just dismiss it as the silliness it really is?

I really feel sorry for people like PRIME. Couching their ignorance with "I'm against it but I respect them" silliness. That's because, in his/her heart, they know that the dogma they follow can't really be true. Besides, who cares what PRIME (and others) like and don't like? Their opinions are automatically invalid because they are supposedly revealed to them and not based on critical thought!

Whether Prince was misqoted or not, we know from the past that one of the most depressing things about the guy is his journey from love of free expression to religious bigotry, and the fanbots who follow this hatred should all be ashamed of themselves. It's not like the music is any good these days, anyway?

If you value love then you have no choice but to be against Prop H8te.