i LOVED when he was talking about misquoted lyrics. and he clearly made a reference to mayte's mom not knowing the lyrics to "little red corvette" when she thought it was "pay the rent collect"

or when he said he read that someone thought the lyrics to when doves cry were "dig if you will the picture; of marvin gaye and the kids"

it's quite refreshing to see him acting so "normal." it makes him seem more "real"

Nice innerview by TAVIS but I was a bit stunned by PRINCE'S reaction to PRESIDENT OBAMA. I understand that as a JAHOVAH WITNESS Prince does not vote and that is cool.....but I felt that PRINCE'S reaction to him was a bit off. Our new PRESIDENT is working very hard on tackling our everyday issues concerning the economy not to mention a whole lot of other things. Isn't PRINCE working on tackling the world that we live in just as well as our new PRESIDENT? I truly do not understand PRINCE'S reaction to him. He acted almost like he could not be bothered with PRESIDENT OBAMA. Both are working to making a better world. One with his lyric's and music and the other with taking on everyday situations at the WHITE HOUSE and all around the country. Both have GLOBAL matters to take on.
I was utterly stunned by PRINCE'S reaction to our PRESIDENT and a bit concerned. Ok.....you don't want to celebrate holidays like Christmas, you choose not to vote, and you have a different vision concerning politic's and religion, but the reaction that PRINCE had was uncalled for. Sorry PRINCE.....PRESIDENT OBAMA is trying to spread and uplift love and power throughout our nation just like you so there was no reason to have the reaction you had when the discussion of our new PRESIDENT came up. Isn't it all about UNITY????? You are both on the same page there PRINCE.
Where was the conversation about the new 3 cd set and how he got in with TARGET? How about a conversation concerning the current sales status since it is being sold only with one outlet other than in joining in on the website.
STAY TUNED UNTIL TOMORROW FOR PART 2 of this innerview.
Peace.....Nicky Tuzio
e-mail: tuztones@optimum.net

Funny or not, she has done her share of local news and radio before she became the BIG O. She did go to college to pursue her Communications degree.

YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE SORRY FOR THE CAPS.....IN A HURRY

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/p...8s25bbq8e1

Well I dont know how I feel about this since I have knowledge that PRINCE KNOWS what questions Tavis is going to ask and approves them. Im sure the same goes for Bria.

It feels a bit orchestrated. For what, I dont know.

Not everyone voted for President Obama. Nowhere in his interview did Prince insult President Obama or said anything disrespectful about him. He stated how he felt about the presidency in this country period and went into discussing other areas of that. His feelings about President Obama, was not the only discussed. He also discussed some of the lyrics in his song "Dreamer". Which is what I was hoping he did during that interview, although Tavis stated he had 3 of Prince's songs that he wanted to ask him about the lyrics, which will be discussed in part 2 tonight.

For the song "Dreamer", Prince spoke of Dick Gregory, activist/author from the 60s, who was/is one of his mentors and friends, and mentioned that he was the inspiration for writing "Dreamer". Prince talked about the "Chemtrails" issue. Prince stated how after listening to Mr. Gregory speak at one of "State of the Black Union" (SOBU) conferences about "chemtrails", and how it was Mr. Gregory, who is a friend of Prince, is responsible for his awareness on the issue of "chemtrails." Only thing is I don't recall Prince mentioning the book title of Mr. Gregory's book, in which I wish he did, but he did suggest that people go over to Dick Gregory's site and check it out, so I guess that's what I will be doing, checking out Mr. Gregory's site.

Tavis also asked Prince who his mentors were throughout his life, and Prince mentioned the late boxer, Jack Johnson, as one of his mentors based on Mr. Johnson's strength and perseverance as a boxer. He stated that during Mr. Johnson's time, and during those tumultous times, that no matter how many times Mr. Johnson, as a boxer was knocked down, he still got up, and he admired Mr. Johnson basically for his strength and perseverance.

On the subject of "critcism", Prince basically stated that he doesn't mind "constructive criticism" especially when it is regarding his music, especially when it comes from those who are your loved ones or friends, as constructive critism is done out of love, and advice given to help one improve either with self or specific areas of interest, like his music. He mentioned Miles Davis as one of his friends who gave him constructive criticism regarding his music, but yes, Prince did say the other kind of criticism, the kind done out of malice, with a twist of sarcasm and ill-will, that comes from those those who don't really know him or are his supposed friends does hurt. In my opinion, in discussing the latter, apparently the criticism he speaks of that seems to hurt him or any of us, is the kind of criticism that is definitely not from an inspirational or improvement standpoint, when one gives a friend some advice on how they can improve either with self or some other specific area of interest, but moreso could be moreso out of malice and disrespect.


He discussed being epilectic until the age of 7, which is when he stopped having seizures. He discussed how he felt about the "State of the Black Union" Conference, and how he's had an interest in many of the issues discussed in the conference, and also mentioned Dick Gregory and Cornel West and the many talks they've had when he gets together with them, including Tavis to discuss those issues. There was a lot more said on that, but I'll wait for someone else to mention it. All I know is during the discussion, Prince apparently has a lot of concern for the black community as well or I doubt he would partake in the SOBU discussions with his friends mentioned in this post. In closing I found the interview interesting and Prince opened up quite a bit about himself and of his concerns/interests about other issues.

Part II continues tonight, and I can't wait to see what else he has to say.

We just found out my neice has epilepsy, it's a terrible frightening thing to see a child go thru seisures. I'm glad he got thru it and hope the same for Terraya.

This is extremely well-written, which is refreshing. Thank you!

Even in 'promoting' the website, the didn't specify that you need to use a '3' instead of an 'e' so people who would look for it will end up someplace else if they just try to type it in.

Maybe they will make it clearer tomorrow night?