I saw this via @Housequakecom. It's a short piece but an interesting read.

https://medium.com/@anildash/princes-own-liner-notes-on-his-greatest-hits-3a7baf4aec66#.djy2kpt2d

For someone who released so much music. He didn't often talk about it in public? Not specifics anyway. Music was talking about in broad terms. Rarely did anyone manage to pin him down and ask him about specific songs. I'd always hoped Jools Holland would be the one who sat Prince in front of a piano and conducted the interview in that kind of setting...

I always liked the Crystal Ball booklet because after each song is a small tit-bit of information about each song. I appreciated the same thing on The Hits/B-Sides & Gold Experience. I think his instrumental albums would have benifited from this kind of treatment too.

Are there other examples of Prince talking about specific songs? Back in the days of the earlier fanzines? He must have often been asked to describe upcoming singles?

Another observation from this article:

Prince Said:

“DAMN U” -

one of the songs PRN is most proud of; he adores it. Used to play it live even fore it was released. Through the years this has been the indication of his feelings about a new composition.

For a song he loved and seemingly intended to include on the Hits/B-Sides, (and why wouldn't he, it's a stunning ballad) I don't recall it being played live that much... after the "Act" tours, it seemed like he only pulled it out once in a while?

[Edited 5/29/16 11:41am]

dupe.

Post here http://prince.org/msg/7/426760