Has Prince ever been quoted saying anything about Phoebe Snow? She's one of my favorite artists and I can imagine Prince would be a fan. He likes that style and era.

LeanderWapshot said:

I like Phoebe Snow, too. But as far as I know P didn't work with her. Prince was a huge fan of Joni Mitchell, though. He did a famous cover of her song "The Question of You" and cites her as one of his influences. Apparently he used to write her fan mail as a teenager. Here's what Joni had to say about Prince from New York magazine 2004:

Question: But even when you were somewhat obscure, so many musicians were citing you as an influence or even name-checking you in songs. Of all the musicians and rappers who have cited you as an influence, whose work do you appreciate most?

Prince. Prince attended one of my concerts in Minnesota. I remember seeing him sitting in the front row when he was very young. He must have been about 15. He was in an aisle seat and he had unusually big eyes. He watched the whole show with his collar up, looking side to side. You couldn’t miss him—he was a little Prince-ling. [Laughs.] Prince used to write me fan mail with all of the U’s and hearts that way that he writes. And the office took it as mail from the lunatic fringe and just tossed it! [Laughs.]