Prince was for all the nerds, the freaks, the weirdos, the strays, the cool kids, the hot girls, gay, straight, the musicians and so on and so on. And not in any quiet way - this is how it is and you better get on board. Prince also lived outside the confines of genre, race and gender but at the same time being very, very well aware of each. He was the kind of artist that you loved so much but when he made a misstep, you behaved like it was the greatest offence. We wanted him to be so perfect all the time - but only because we actually did love him.

Prince was a singular popular artist…..no one like him and I doubt there ever will be. If there was one line in any song that pretty much summed him up as an artist it was from 1990’s New Power Generation: “Making love and music’s the only things worth fighting for”. Or maybe it’s “Party like it’s 1999” which he certainly did all the way til the end. And he did it his way, like every artist should. Art should never be comprised or short thrifted at someone else’s request or demand. That task relies solely with the artist/creator and that was also one of Prince’s main tenets through out his life.

There is too much to write about: the sheer number of albums, the bootlegs, the guitars, the marathon nights in the studio, the beautiful women, the 80s, the 90s, his great 2000s comeback…..

In the end it’s all about the music. The world has lost music today. Pure, pure music. No one else's quotes or writings fit here today except his own: "Shut up, already…damn”.

Now can someone put up some kind of force field around Stevie Wonder please?