i wish i could sleep.

tomasz said:

I cried many times. It all happened too soon, not like this. When will this nightmare end? He was interwoven into the fabric of our lives...how will we continue without him? Now we're left with empty spaces where his new music should go...it comes in waves, in between the denial, that it may be true. How do we continue? How do we live after this? Take us with u!

I still can't believe it's true, and I keep crying as well, but please know that we are all here for you and each other!! We will get through this and live and honor Prince.

What has gripped me the most with all the manic thoughts I've had since hearing the news is just the loss of HIS magic in this world. Like, just imagining on a random Tuesday before he would be here creating music in his studio or on a stage performing or just being his electric self and even if I wasn't there to witness it, the world was a much better place for it... so thankful for what he given us all... Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU Prince!

I never thought I would ever see a world without Prince. He was supposed to outlive all of us! I can't believe... I just can't. I like to say I've been a fan since the womb. In my life, there's always been Prince, even though he only had one album out when I was born.

My mother is a huge fan and introduced me to him, playing "Dity Mind" and "Controversy". My Aunt had and played "Prince." At age 3, I owned my own 45 of "1999." My aunt told me tonight how she recalled buying "Purple Rain" and I loved playing it and singing along... although I reminded her she did forbid me from singing "Darling Nikki" and I recall getting spanked for not obeying. I was 5, I had no idea what I was saying!

As the years passed, I loved hearing the new songs on the radio and I remember being impatient between "Parade" and "Sign o' the Times" that it seemed like forever since there was a new album (my sense of time back then made it seem like forever). I read today someone bashing the Batman sountrack, but if I recall, hearing it back then, it capped my summer in 1989, especially "Batdance." My very first CD I owned was "Graffiti Bridge" and I felt bad, not knowing how to properly handle a CD, I scratched it by the end of the first day. The kids at school knew I was a fan and sometimes teased me because they were into the grunge stuff. In college, I started collecting the albums on CD. One of my college friends said he thought of me when he heard the news and wish he had what I had at the time... I was still missing a lot of albums, but it was a big collection to him. I wish I wasn't a poor college student so I could have joined the music club, same for when I was unemployed after college. I managed to keep up with his releases 2004 on. And now when I look at Prince's section on my shelf, I can't believe he won't be around to put out an album as he wanted. I'm sure someone's going to release more music, stuff he recorded in the past that would be new to people, but to think this is it, no more new material... makes my heart sink. I've only seen him two times, in 1988 and 2004. I was hoping he'd swing back through Richmond soon, but...

Sorry to ramble on... the last couple days have been ones of reflection and memories. Prince was always there, always a part of my life. The world's never seen anyone like him and he said it, there would never be another. I've cried a lot since hearing the news. Not all have been for the sadness, but also tears of joy seeing the world celebrate Prince in the many various manners. I wonder if Prince knew just how many lives he touched? The music will be forever and I am very grateful to Prince for delighting my ears my entire life. He will continue to do so for the rest of my life. I am sticking around for the aftershow!

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Prince's entire final concert - the second of two Atlanta dates from his "Piano & a Microphone" tour – is available to stream in full.

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THANK YOU

THANK YOU PRINCE

Thank you so much, Prince! I wish U heaven - from Italy

I just wanted to say yesterday was one of the most horrible nightmares of my life. Just like alot of you orgers. I couldn't believe my ears. I just wanted to say in probably my last post on this website. That I loved Prince for nearly 32 years and my heart is broken. There will only be 1 and there will never be another. We don't know what happened, but we do know he's in a better place. I see why he got his life together as he got older. He was preparing himself for the inevitable which is now.

Now I can't listen to Sometime It Snows In April now because now I know he forsaw his future 30 years ago. I will love him for eternity and now I'm ending this because I'm about to cry because I just can't believe that just like Michael Jackson, who I also miss, Prince has now left us after nearly 7 years after MJ and just like MJ it was on a Thursday! I love U Prince. I will always always love U.

Now U have gone 2 see the dawn.

The more I see the news conference when the sheriff said that they will leave no stone unturned and find out what happened, the more I feel like this is private and personal and Prince wouldn't want people talking about the details or knowing what happened. It's the most personal event possible, and as much as I've been wanting to know since it happened, I now feel like it should be private, like it's no one's business except for his family's. I feel like it's too intrusive into his private life, all this speculation. It feels like gawking, and just feels wrong.

So sad, there will always be a hole in my heart and soul where Prince and his music should be.

I came here the day I heard I couldnt believe it still dont want to believe it I havnt posted on here in a while I check in every now and again but this was the first place I could think to come to share my feelings where I knnow every one feels just as I do

"Sometimes I wish, that life was never-ending"

Just listened to the last Atlanta concert on soundcloud. Still fighting the tears.

This is a really hard time.

Prince has been the soundtrack of my life. Met most of my friends through him and the closeness with them as never left even over huge distances (I now live in Australia) and over 30 years.

His songs were played at my wedding and my whole family (wife and boys, 13 and 16) went to his recent concerts in Sydney.

He may have passed but his music will live on in all of us, and perhaps the vault will keep him living in all of us more strongly than we can ever expect.

I remember being at Kaufleuten in Zurich on 30.10.2002 for the afterparty (no performance). I was sitting on the stage talking to a local guy in German and Prince came up behind me and grabbed my shoulders as if he was pushing me off the stage and then shook my hand.

Are any of you the guy I was talking to, or witnessed this event. The days before everyone had a camera on their phone...sigh

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Hadn't been keeping track of things since 'Hit and Run 2'.
I'm on my way to an important date with an awesome woman and I get a text from a friend saying 'Sorry for your loss'.
I think of texting back but I'm rushing to make the date.
Another friend texts. 'Sad Day for Music'.
Now I'm going 'McCartney?'.

I get to the place I'm meeting my date and there she is crying.
'What's wrong?'. She can't speak.

And then I look up at the television.
I nearly died myself.

The only thing I can say is that Prince would make a joke about it. And it would be as a way of disabling grief and encouraging celebration.

I'm sorry if comes across as not funny to some but

NOTHING'S GONNA LET THE ELEVATOR BREAK US DOWN, OH NO
LET'S GO CRAZY!

Play it all loud, people.
You gotta go when you gotta go and Prince is where he always wanted to be

No harm

I'm trying to process this awful tragedy. been crying since yesterday. It feels like I lost a family member. Its the circumstances that hurt the most. He lived in his gigantic complex by himself. He was in constant agonizing pain before he died. Since his body built a tolerance to oxycodone it must have stopped working and he started taking more. Maybe if he had a girlfriend there or Tyka and her family living there he would still be here

grantevans said:

jaypotton said:

grantevans said:

This is a really hard time.

Prince has been the soundtrack of my life. Met most of my friends through him and the closeness with them as never left even over huge distances (I now live in Australia) and over 30 years.

His songs were played at my wedding and my whole family (wife and boys, 13 and 16) went to his recent concerts in Sydney.

He may have passed but his music will live on in all of us, and perhaps the vault will keep him living in all of us more strongly than we can ever expect.

I remember being at Kaufleuten in Zurich on 30.10.2002 for the afterparty (no performance). I was sitting on the stage talking to a local guy in German and Prince came up behind me and grabbed my shoulders as if he was pushing me off the stage and then shook my hand.

Are any of you the guy I was talking to, or witnessed this event. The days before everyone had a camera on their phone...sigh

[Edited 4/23/16 0:15am]

That is a cool and unique memory. I was at the New Marquee in Islington London in 2002 for the One Nite Alone aftershow and was right at the front thanks to an amazing taxi driver who rocketed across London from Hammersmith. When Prince walked on stage he was right in front of me maybe just over a metre away. He had dark glasses on. I looked at him and smiled and said "hi Prince" and he smiled back and said "hi fan". It was an awesome show (having followed the hour long soundcheck, brilliant show with acoustic solo segment...wonderful wonderful experiences).

I was at the New Marquee also rushed there with Langebleu and his wife/gf. It was weird as there was a disco finishing off before the show and nobody knew why all these people rushing in were standing by the stage as they danced on as usual on the dancefloor

These memories are what we should all be thinking of...excitement, friends, music...a big part of our lives

grantevans said:

jaypotton said:

grantevans said: That is a cool and unique memory. I was at the New Marquee in Islington London in 2002 for the One Nite Alone aftershow and was right at the front thanks to an amazing taxi driver who rocketed across London from Hammersmith. When Prince walked on stage he was right in front of me maybe just over a metre away. He had dark glasses on. I looked at him and smiled and said "hi Prince" and he smiled back and said "hi fan". It was an awesome show (having followed the hour long soundcheck, brilliant show with acoustic solo segment...wonderful wonderful experiences).

I was at the New Marquee also rushed there with Langebleu and his wife/gf. It was weird as there was a disco finishing off before the show and nobody knew why all these people rushing in were standing by the stage as they danced on as usual on the dancefloor

These memories are what we should all be thinking of...excitement, friends, music...a big part of our lives

Or at the Hammersmith Apollo before the soundcheck when there was huge argument about who was sitting where amongst the fans.

And suddenly he was there sitting behind us, telling us to cool it and just be happy and enjoy.

grantevans said:

grantevans said:

I was at the New Marquee also rushed there with Langebleu and his wife/gf. It was weird as there was a disco finishing off before the show and nobody knew why all these people rushing in were standing by the stage as they danced on as usual on the dancefloor

These memories are what we should all be thinking of...excitement, friends, music...a big part of our lives

Or at the Hammersmith Apollo before the soundcheck when there was huge argument about who was sitting where amongst the fans.

And suddenly he was there sitting behind us, telling us to cool it and just be happy and enjoy.

or being stage dived on at the Cafe de Paris during Mad...that's me in the video in the green and blue top with the short blond hair.....the memories keep coming.

No other artist of performer could or will generate that intensity of excitement before concerts.

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Let's hear all your stories. let's celebrate the Joy.

grantevans said: