thebeautifulones777 said:

me too, because it's so rare to see him do an interview!

Nice to hear him talking about Andre Cymone and how he became driven to succeed. Bad to hear him complaining about record sales and the industry that has made him 100's of millions of dollars. 99.99999% of human beings to ever live on this planet has never had it so good, so why is he so miserable all the time?

i can't get over the shoe porn, it's more interesting than his chat, bless

I have to say.....out of ALL the interviews he has EVER given in his entire 30 year career the ONLY ones that wuz good was with Tavis Smiley...even the one with Oprah SUUUUCKED!!

CAN I GET A WITNESS!!!!!

Kim69 said:

They dont have the flash and pomp that his many past intrerviews have. But I agree, the Tavis ones ARE better because he (seems) completely real with Tavis, rather than being on 'showtime' with the other interviews full of showtime bs.

Witness? Yes !

cant wait for this

xlr8r said:

YEA!! exactly...I feel like Tavis went to him and said "look Bro, I been a fan of yours for real for years and I KNOW you have seen my show and so you already know that i have not time for the 'histrionics' or any bull--it! keep it real wit me and ofcourse i will keep it real wit u....
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Wow the man looks great. Can't wait for this interview to air!!!!

conducting an audit for PR... please!

Oh...BTW....DAMN that older gentleman looks.....GOOOOOD!

nosajd said:

I laughed out loud @ that bit!

TyphoonTip said:

I did also

lottielooloo1968 said:

I know!!!!!

We need a picture of the shoes.

Giovanni777 said:

Tickets to what?

The record industry does NOT like this type of truth. Prince better watch his back.

Graycap23 said:

Prince ain't part of the conglomerate that is the record business. Besides, WB tried to sink him long ago, and he's still here.

So he and Andre are still bestfriends? Or was he speaking in the past tense?

F A M T A S T I C

lezama said:

Either way it was cool to hear him mention AC like that.

Thats what i will be doin on my b-day

He sounds much smarter with glasses.

Anyway, you can get the podcast mp3 if you go here http://www.pbs.org/kcet/t...miley/rss/ and subscribe, though it looks like they are a week behind in posting them.

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WOW!!!

Kim69 said:

No, not at all. The best interview ever was the one with Chris Rock. Chris Rock asked so many good questions and Prince didn't gave cryptic answers as usual. And the best thing was that he didn't behave so etxremely shy. On those snippets with Tavis Smiley he's so shy again, almost stuttering at times. When he sat down with Chris Rock he was COOL.

ludwig said:

That's crazy. Chris Rock and Tavis Smiley have totally different vibes. You don't go running to a Tavis Smiley interview trying to act like a foo', but you might when someone like Chris Rock is there with questions in his head. He was far from stuttering, but rather composed, and choosing his words wisely. He's smart when he talks about the record business, and he probably still has a lot to say about the workings of it.

His surroundings and circumstances were different too. 1997 saw him having a bit liberation from WB, and he was definitely celebrating that, and promoting Emancipation for a year or more. That Chris Rock thing on VH1 didn't happen until 1998, if memory serves (at least that's when I saw it). Now he's older, more relaxed, sure of himself even more, and he's on a TV set. He's not yuckin' it up with Chris Rock.

So few artists have talked about the true ins and outs of something like SoundScan, the business, or whatever. There's always little nuggets of stuff, but no one just TALKS about it. And since no one else is...

Honestly I think from these snippets this might be one (if not his best) interview ever.

Oh and I agree withcha Oprah was not revealing nor really any good
Chris Rock was very good
Jay Leno pretty good and funny
Ellen funny!


Dick Clark.... what started it all...

2020 said:

I liked the Oprah thing because
1) it was at and around Paisley Park
2) he just sat and talked
3) in the studio
4) he just sat and talked

Emancipation was a great time of promotion and openness.

ernestsewell said:

the oprah interview came at such a sad time. i would rather watch this tavis interview.

kimrachell said:

I agree, but it was very interesting to see him maneuver through that pain the way he did. The grieving process is different for everyone, and to go through it in such a public way, I found it fascinating. It's not the TOPS of interviews, but it's up there for me.

Absofuckinlovethisinterview!~~~

TRUE HONOST 4~ Real PRINCE!