If you could b Prince and take a look at your career,as it's been over the years, the highs and the lows. What would b some of your REGRETS.

Dave1992 said:

lol

Dave1992 said:

Playin' bass ??

I don't think the name change to a symbol would be, because on its own that is kinda cool and has a very rock star vibe to it. It's the corresponding battle with WB and writing "slave" on his face that tarnished his image.

I think if he had served out his tenure at WB with professionalism, he would've put out superior work and been more popular now.

Se7en said:

Somehow I agree with you on the WB part. I know he said he felt restricted and he saw where the music business was going. He wanted to own his own masters and be totally free. On the other hand, if Prince would have stayed with WB I'm sure he would have had to compromise and sacrifice his creative freedoms. It wasn't all good with WB and Prince towards the end seemed very unhappy with them then he started writing slave on is face which was kind of self destructive.

The quality of his work may have been better, and he would've been under the gun to make music, but with Prince that's never been a problem.

Now that Prince is free and is truly his OWN man in the industry I don't think he's been as popular with the newer generations like he was with us in the 80's. Don't get me wrong, Prince will always be a LEGEND and we can never take what he has done for the world of music for granted. He will always be great, however, I think just because an artist severs ties from the great and almighty music industry machine does not necessarily guarantee that his music will have the same appeal, popularity and ease of distribution the way it was before.

I've heard interviewers ask him this question and he has never said that he regretted his move from WB. He belives in fate and said no matter what the outcome it was just time for him to move on.
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Dayclear said:

He would never publicly admit that - but I'm sure he has moments of self-reflection where he regrets it.

My point is not that he broke ties with WB -- it's the manner and the timing of how he did it.

His personal relationships. Just a guess.

squirrelgrease said:

I was going to mention this too ... I'm sure there are plenty of times when he misses old friends/lovers/colleagues and wishes things would've turned out differently.

I mean, everyone does that, so why should he be different?

..no regrets..it has been a LONG climb..God is there..
..mzsexybaby

well lets assume his amsomnia is due to deeply embedded suppressed regret..

how long do we have to list them all?

I don't know exactly, but possible something that Prince procrastinates about, or something that he didn't do.

A lot of regrets end up leading to a revelation in your life, so the experience turns out to be a blessing in the end.

I'm hoping that there is an album between SOTT and Lovesexy (not the Black Album either) -- an album that would've been the best of his career -- that he regrets not putting out so much that he decides to release it as-is, untouched and uncensored.

We can dream.

Kim Basinger

Not releasing "The Dance Electric" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" as his own.

Dave1992 said:

One of Prince's regrets would probably be not owning his masters.

I'd say not owning his masters.
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shipoffools said:

Imagine if he had owned them from the beginning - where we'd be now. Almost like the last 15 years of record-label angst had never happened.

Think of all the songs that are directly a cause of that feud!

Prince doesn't seem to dwell too much on the past and lives in the everlasting now.He belongs to the few people that are able to move on almost as if the past never happened.
He believed in the things he did at the time and like every person that continues to grow he will hopefully learn from past mistakes and not repeat them.

psychodelicide said:

I think so too, he would want to have changed the terms of his contract with WB.

GiGi319 said:

I have heard him say that.. he dwells in the NOW. I don't know too many people who do that.

pplrain said:

Clevelandgirl said:

Yea, He should have stayed just that a "SLAVE"!

in our chat with him as part of the OnStage Xperience of 2003 someone asked him and he stated "i don't dwell on the past. what was, was I am more concerned with what is and what is next". I think he feels that what happened good or bad got him to where he is and he is at peace with it.

Swa said:

Wow, that's a great attitude to have. I need to adopt it and use it in my own life.

If I were Prince, I'd be kicking myself for not stopping Al Gore from inventing the internet I could have avoided a whole bunch of headaches!

The tyhphoon.

That and the heels.

for not touring Australia more often