By memory.... Prince once said something like:


"I like the cold weather, it keeps the bad people away"....

My guess is, he was referring to recordlabel executives, Prince wanted them to keep away from Minneapolis....


Am I right, or..

But, what exactly did he mean by saying that.


( I can't remember when or where I did read this, it could be during "the war" with WB.? Maybe earlier..? )

Ps.. my excuses for asking a maybe obvious or silly question - I am after all non-english....

It can just be filed under, 'shit Prince says'.

I wouldn't read too much into it. And whatever he meant when he said it doesn't matter as he's changed his mind about 76 times since then.

my guess...most shootings/stabbings/robberies are done outside....when it gets that cold...the bad people stay inside...guess they gotta stay warm too!

He meant JW's, but damn they got to him anyway!!

It's just a saying. He didn't invent it.

We have the same here in Northern Europe. It's just a statistical fact that more crimes happen in areas with warmer climates. I won't discuss the various reasons for that to any real degree, but I suppose what the saying itself if trying to convey is that bad people don't like the winter and prefer to live in areas where they can "take it easy".

I don't know. I live in the big ice box that is Canada and this is my mayor:

a variation on "20 below keeps the riff-raff out" or however you want to say it.

lots of people in minnesota say that, not just prince. "winter keeps the riff-raff out".

mostly, we say this to convince ourselves that we're not crazy. we stay put, dig snow and make it work. we don't run away from a blizzard like those riff raff down in florida, hauling ass down south at the first frost. winter is good for our character.

plus, not everyone can make it here. a person has to eat right, live sensibly and wear really thick socks to avoid getting frostbite. riff raff don't even have socks.

novabrkr said:

It's just a saying. He didn't invent it.

We have the same here in Northern Europe. It's just a statistical fact that more crimes happen in areas with warmer climates. I won't discuss the various reasons for that to any real degree, but I suppose what the saying itself if trying to convey is that bad people don't like the winter and prefer to live in areas where they can "take it easy".

Yep, exactly what he meant. Crime rate in MN always plummets as soon as it gets cold which it is for 6 months out of the year. You're not going to leave your house and hang out on a corner looking for trouble when it's 20 below.

I also would say it was aimed at industry people. Most of them are used to LA weather and would NOT make it in 40 below temps. I doubt you would ever see many paps hanging around on the street trying to get a pic in that weather. Trust me, it's BRUTAL.

Its about me and Bart.

i always assumed he meant the record and movie execs/A&R men from LA.

Yeah I also assumed he meant them people obssessed by money, sex and drugs that live in LA and Miami, i.e. people from the show business industry in general, because those people will live where the sun and the beaches are and wouldn't want to spend half a day in a a cold, isolated city they probably perceive as being a shithole.

Aerogram said:

I don't know. I live in the big ice box that is Canada and this is my mayor:

Yeah, but he's crazy.

XxAxX said:

lots of people in minnesota say that, not just prince. "winter keeps the riff-raff out".

mostly, we say this to convince ourselves that we're not crazy. we stay put, dig snow and make it work. we don't run away from a blizzard like those riff raff down in florida, hauling ass down south at the first frost. winter is good for our character.

plus, not everyone can make it here. a person has to eat right, live sensibly and wear really thick socks to avoid getting frostbite. riff raff don't even have socks.

Moved here in 90' and was managing several acts, we were all young pups. Our first promoter told us, "fella's it's September come Oct. you gotta stop fucking around in these clubs & shit, and find something to hold on to for ohhh about 8 months LOL". He wasn't lying either, that first April was when we realized that "Sometimes it Snows in April" was not profound, and it wasnt no damned "sometimes" either.