m22 said:

1 John 4:8...God is love

damn.... prince has the most wacked out fan base of any artist

luvsexy4all said:

Prince fans have nothing on MJ's fans.

Vendetta1 said:

That's true but sometimes I wonder. I love MJ but his die-hards are SCARY. God help us if we headed in that direction.

..prince is better than ever!!!...to me..he is more giving than b-4...i'll explain...
...when i got here 2 prince.org...prince was very upset..HUGE!!...he was sing'in about TURN ME LOOSE...he shut down 3121.com...he had his lawyers on the asses of all fan-web-sites...it was a down-ward spirial to me...that was when i had enough!!...i knew in my heart prince wanted everyone 2 see he was better than ever...AND..he has proved just that!!!...
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..i believe in him..i trust him...i love him...
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..the world is so made that man CAN NOT realize himself fully and cannot satisfy the demands of his own spirit until he satisfies the urge 2 give 2 others that lies within his nature...until he helps 2 ESTABLISH the FREEDOM and the INTEGRIETY of his fellow men...
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..prince is much more giving..i will NEVER get tired of saying that part...NOW..if he is not giving 2 everyone...well then that is the person not feeling the same's problem...why would prince give 2 those that destroy??..prince gives 2 the ones that BUILD strong foundations only...so if u feel cheated by prince...u have 2 reflect 2 urself why??...
..mzsexybaby

...tolerance is L-O-V-E...
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..how can we best L-O-V-E our neighbors??...
...mzsexybaby

ladychel61 said:

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...GOD IS L-O-V-E...
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..God has made each man and woman an individual sacred personality endowed with a specific temperament...created with differing needs,hungar,dreams..
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...every snowflake has its own distinctive pattern...
..mzsexybaby'I L-O-V-E PRINCE'S PATTERN MAKE-UP..HE NEEDS A L-O-V-E THAT IS GONNA LAST!!'

luvsexy4all said:

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...our physiques are different...and that simple difference oftentimes DRIVES us in2 conflicting fulfillment of our natures...2 action or 2 thought...2 passion or 2 denial...2 conquest or 2 submission...
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...he who is sure of himself....
..is DEEPLY willing 2 let others b themselves...
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..prince does just that...he lets me b myself...who i am...who i really am...NOT who i want 2 pretend 2 b...cuz in reality i want 2 be me!!!..
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...my name ain't Phonia...and it sure ain't stupid!!!
..mzsexybaby

ladychel61 said:

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...str8 up!!!...i L-O-V-E postive threads...even the negative ones 2...cuz u can change bad things in 2 good things...
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...some people want 2 b spiritual imbeciles...that means cuz some people get all confused around here ..that means...that he who TRIES 2 take but NOT GIVE 2 L-I-F-E inevitably DIES HALF A MAN...
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..TOLERANCE...is that virtue by which liberated MINDS CONQUER the evils of bigotry and hatred...
...mzsexybaby

...L-O-V-E bcomes MATURE when it achieves the ATTITUDE of RESPECT 4 the VALUABLE aspects of the "self" and the "neighbor"..
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..man's GREATES triumph is 2 ACHIEVE stability and INNER repose in a world of shifting threats and terrifying change...
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...don't fear change people!!!....change will come....wait-n-see...
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...don't fear people....don't b afraid 2 change ur ways...u can always change up 2 the day u die...
..mzsexybaby

Prince now makes me appreciate Prince from 1977 and 1986
so much history

It was a few years ago and I was checking out the 1NA show and they were doing Pop Life and it just did something to my heart, because I wasn't following Prince as a fan at the time, just a spectator

and hearing that song being performed years later in his 40's was endearing,
like when I see my dad with his sister and brother, all in their 60's talking and laughing,, just all that history there.
I had this recognition of Prince and all the hard times he went through from the beginning as well as the 90's, the loss of fellow bandmates and friends the ups and down
And seeing Sheila & Eric with him kinda swirled all that together
[Edited 8/18/09 11:27am]

ladychel61 said:

Agreed.

I enjoy watching what he will do, whether I'm nutz about it or not, it's still a pleasure to see.

...THAT is why i L-O-V-E prince so much...prince does not fear change..
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...the WISDOM of L-I-F-E IS 2 endure what we must....and 2 CHANGE what we can...
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...we can master fear not only by understanding it and accepting ourselves...
..we can also master it through WORK.....work which is the BEST sublimation 4 our rage and anger and the truest escape from self-pity and which will help 2 bring about a society where there will b food and security and freedom 4 ALL
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..WE MASTER FEAR THROUGH faith...
...FAITH in the worthwhileness of L-I-F-E and the TRUST-WORTHINESS OF GOD..
..faith in the meaning of our pain and our striving....
...the CONFIDENCE that God will NOT CAST US ASIDE but will use each one of us as a piece of PRICELESS MOSAIC IN THE DESIGN OF HIS UNIVERSE!!!!!...
..mzsexybaby'WITHOUT GOD..IT IS THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND'

OldFriends4Sale said:

this just made my day.

...THE DRIVE 2 mastery....the yearning 4 achievement...r admirable attributes of our apiring human nature...

..only when we harness our own creative energies 2 goals which r of our own adult choice...can we call ourselves mature and happy...
...mzsexybaby'I TRUST PRINCE...COMPLETELY'
[Edited 8/18/09 11:54am]

...WHEN we grow afraid of L-I-F-E and death...let us have a sense of the TRUSTWORTHINESS of the universe..of its encompassing embrace and its sustaining care...and let us know that we can never travel beyond the Arms of the Divine..

..the ultimate evil would be the absence of L-O-V-E..a L-I-F-E outside it would be more evil than a death in it!!!...
...mzsexybaby'THE EBB AND FLOW OF ANGELS'

ernestsewell said:

u may want 2 delve back in2 pre prince 2000 cause he was just those same things back then ..nothings changed but the date

I love being ripped off as a fan by Prince! It makes my day! Paying for multiple copies of albums, seeing him sue fans that support him, seeing him shut down websites or Youtube clips because he's a megalomaniac, seeing fans pay $77 for little to NO content. He's awesome! Whats not to love about Prince?

jcurley said:

sad thing is, some of his fans never want that prince 2 grow up. they feel his OWN personal choice of religion ruins their fun. just enjoy the music and if u find something that moves u, great. if not, it's not the end of the world..hell we all survived planet earth now didn't we?

i haved liked prince's music 4 over 25 years now, highs and lows. it's a musical journey that brings joy and heartache but NEVER do i look at his music hoping it reminds me of the 80's nor do i say the 80's is the only time period of his music that matters.

I Love the new Prince becaue I love Prince all of the time. Loving the man that is 2day is loving the man that was yesterday. Prince's music means just as much to me 2day as it did in 1979.

OldFriends4Sale said:

okay so we'll just say some of his fans r still looking 4 1999 pt 2, purple rain pt 2, parade pt 2, sign o the times pt 2, and lovesexy pt 2

kenlacam said:

totally ..thank god 4 trevor and them

...we HUMAN beings r very TOUGH organisms...able 2 withstand MANY shocks...2 shed many tears...2 L-I-V-E through many tragedies without breaking...
..mzsexybaby

Tame said:

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...some people r gifted with their hands..some gifted in the realm of art or music...some people are gifted in the realm of abstract ideas...
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..the great thing about L-I-F-E...is that as L-O-N-G as we L-I-V-E we HAVE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING!!!!...we can learn new skills..engage in new kinds of work...DEVOTE ourselves 2 new causes...make NEW FRIENDS...if only we will EXERCISE a little INITIATIVE and REFUSE 2 bcome fixed,rigid,and psycologocally ARTERIOSDEROTIC b4 our time...
..mzsexybaby

...we are ROOTED IN THE DIVINE....and we need not fear our DESTINY either here or in any world YET 2 COME!!!...
..mzsexybaby

...the world of maturity is a world of MUTUAL INTERDEPENDENCE....where others NEED us just as much as we need them...
..mzsexybaby

ladychel61 said:

Why are you so patronising to eveyone??

You one of those do good Christians who only want people to be smiley and happy but yet come across as insincere.

If you really were Christian and cared about people you wounldn't keep preaching at everyon and acting all superior and saying no-ones allowed to be negative etc, etc..

You are really irritating me and I'm sure you are going to tell me that it is my problem and you will pray for me.

Why don't you ask people for their 'honest' opinions and let them speak openly. Rather than saying people are ONLY allowed to give positive opinions.

And Prince isn't NEW. He is everything that his life has given him. He is a sum of all his experiences. It's not religion that has changed him. He is still the person that he always was.

He still thinks about those things even if he doesn't sing about them.

Ethics and morals are man made codes. Religion is made by man.
[Edited 8/18/09 13:16pm]

pepper7 said:

EXCELLENT POST! Well said!!!

Imago said:

Vendetta1 said:

um, no. MJ fans do not critisize Prince the way Prince fans brutally dog MJ.