Prince is a one man music melting pot.
Mick Jagger

Anyone got anymore they have heard?

Kylie was quoted as saying he was "sex on legs"

Much love Pochacco

"I wish I was him"

-Michael Jackson 1991

After the release of Diamonds and Pearls...psyche!

Pochacco said:

I thought it was, "Sex on a stick".

What does either one mean,btw?

Eric Clapton made a pointed reference to Prince in a 1984/1985 Rolling Stone interview. He commented on the hot artists of the day, then said something like, "There's one guy I want to mention, and that's Prince. He's doing things with rock 'n' roll that are truly revolutionary."

John Fogerty pumped Prince, too, at about the same time. Fogerty had taken several years off, then put out "Centerfield", in which he played all the instruments. He said something good about Prince, although I don't remember exactly what.

Jack Nicholson thought Prince was so good that he insisted Prince do the soundtrack for "Batman".

John Mellencamp gave kudos to Prince back in the "Purple Rain" timeframe. So did Bruce Springsteen.

RodeoSchro said:

How about on 'Interactive'. He said something to the end of "He's one of those artists, where you either love him or you hate him"

and let's not forget Miles Davis' prolific quote:

"He is... j... just... ahhh... ahhkd... gurrgle gurgle mumble"

[end scene]

RodeoSchro said:

On that tip, i remember Mellencamp saying he thought 'Little Red Corvette' was great and i think he's played it in concert himself.

Tina Turner-I haven't seen a young man with that kinda energy, passion, anger and soul-85

Mariah Carey-Prince is another force of nature, his music is and will always be another solid finger print on the music history. No one I could think of besides Stevie Wonder who could make an influence on ppl like Prince does. Either on his personality or his music or his life style-97

Whitney Houston-He is a Prince,,period-92

Lil' Kim-This brotha is the Elvis of our era(Elvis? )

"Prince should be the standard by which all other artists are measured, but then no one would stack up"

LittlePill-2002

I remember Robert Plant complimenting Prince for his sexual exuberance. I forgot the exact words, though. Oh well...

Eric Clapton, on a VH1 special, once said Prince just sets the standards and you have to sit back and watch him. Or something to that effect.

"When Prince plays...you know that's the way he makes love to his woman"-Miles Davis

It's not ALL good, is it?

In "Days of Wild", Per Nelson says that Madonna called Prince "stupid" when he presented the idea of Graffiti Bridge to her. But look who was talking.

geminito said:

yeah, apparently madonna likes to rag on Prince. I read a magzine back when Like a Prayer was out nd they had gone out a few times but he didn't sleep with her. She told the reporter that she felt like she was "off to see The Wizard"! rude, but kinda funny.

Remember that infamous Boy George quote. I think he said that Prince looked like an elf dipped in pubic hair or something.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Of course it was rude & funny, that's Madonna!

I seem to remember Keith Richards comparing Prince to THE MONKEES in Rolling Stone a few years back.

Jimmy Jam on Prince (somewhat paraphrased):

"When we were coming up, if you played piano, you had to be able to play something like "Bennie and the Jets" to be considered good. For a guitar player, it was the solo in "Make Me Smile" by Chicago. Prince could play that solo note for note, so to me, he was the baddest MF around."

George Clinton:

"He's a positive nuisance. You hear something and say "Ah shit, what is this?" then you find out it's Prince and it's okay, it's accepted, he is that positive nuisance."

lovebizzare said:

Madonna used to talk mess about EVERYBODY back then,it was part of her bad girl persona...lol...I remember where she criticized his music videos,saying they were "cheap and dumb".In 1985,when she went backstage to see Prince after his concert,she whispered to her assistant "Time to go see the midget".Being rude and outspoken was all part of her image.

Dippydippydope said:

That was in the late 80s,I remember that article.Keith gave his opinion about several artists,and he said something like "Prince's whole thing is all about fooling the industry.He's like The Monkees of this generation"

Ouch!!

Yeah, on the subject of Madonna & putting shit on Prince, how could one forget her statement to the press that said her label Maverick records was like "Paisley Park Records, only more successful".

There's a ton of artists out there who have great, positive quotes on the man, too many for me to mention (and yet the brother still gets no mainstream props)???

Madonna is shit.
When guys like Robert Plant, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton all have good things to say about Prince. Who te fuck is Madonna to blame him?
What does she know about music anyway? All she know is about is to dress Cool, act cool, and publicity.

Alicia Keyes said soemthing in an interview about when you listen to Prince, it has real heart. Stevie Wonder said whilst on stage with Prince that he should be getting props along with Gaye, Brown, etc. Miles said he could be the 'Ellington of our times'

Did MJ really say 'I wish I was him'??

Lenny Kravitz said he was amazing...

The Howard Stern Radio Show was at the 1999 MTV Awards in which Prince attended. Howard said Prince was "walking around all mad. He walks around like he's still got the hits but he doesn't", Howard's sidekick Robin added, (he gives you the feeling) "don't look at me, don't talk to me. I think he's mad because he lost his talent", Howard then replies, "you think?" On a different ocassion when B-real of the rap group Cypress Hill was on the show they talked about Prince and Carmen Elektra. B-real said Carmen may prefer "dating black guys" Robin adds "Prince is hardly black...Prince is hardly a guy!" Howard is a fan of Prince's early work (Purple Rain) but has since called him "TheArtistPeopleFormallyCaredAbout" Not nice comments to report but that is what I heard.

kevin1 said:

I think it's very funny (all mad no hits, hardly black hardly a guy). Prince has always been just a little bit 2 much in love with himself, his music, everything: he's an extremely narcistic little man, people tend to make jokes about that, great i love these jokes, i really do. Keep things in perspective will ya

And as we all know, Howard Stern is the high authority on musical talent...

DavidEye said:

did Keith have a pulse at the time?

jtgillia said:

ah yes,good old Fart Man - now THAT'S TALENT! :WHOFARTED:

jtgillia said:

Of course

7salles said:

Chill. She's not as bad today.