KingSausage said:

Yes. Prince acted a certain way because the alignment of the stars. A small toad lives in my stomach and whispers dreams to me. I throw salt over my shoulder and war breaks out in the Ukraine.

you keep bringing teh funneh.

HPD: Every male veternarian ever to walk the planet, I tell you. lol

I keep saying I couldn't work for Prince because I wouldn't tolerate that crap, no matter how cute he is. The boy would feel the NOOOPE and I'd feel the firing. lol

LIke that time he threw the mike on Arsenio Hall. I automatically was like, "NOOOOPE, have several seats, I am going to sma -- oh. He's on tv, I can't smack him."

That would not go so well.

Krystalkisses said:

FUNKNROLL said:

jumanji2016 said: Sometimes the real point of a request is a test. But yeah, some people just don't know how to part ways without picking a fight. Especially if they have abandonment issues. Why would things end, unless there was some sort of drama?

I agree. It is actually very common with people who have been neglected or abused as children to not know how to relate to people very well and have healthy communication with others.

Like when he kicked Kim Kardashian off the stage.

XxAxX said:

There's a YouTube video of a guy that worked a low-level position at Paisley Park. He tells this story of how he was about to pass Prince in the hallway, and instead of doing something normal like saying "Hi", Prince eyes darted about and he immediately SPRINTED down the stairs to get away from him. So yeah, I'd say he was socially awkward! LOL

tmo1965 said:

jumanji2016 said:

phoenixrising said:

I heard the lead singer of the group Train on Howard stern. Train is an amazing band and they do two Prince songs in concert now as tribute to him. The lead singer was telling a story about how Prince didn't know how to end relationships ( revolution anyone?). Someone the singer knew worked as a sound engineer for Prince and said the two weeks he worked with him were the most amazing two weeks of his life..until the last day. He was leaving PP In a couple of hours and Prince was listening to some tracks and asked the guy what speed he recorded them at. The guy answered and Princ Said thanks for ruining my Songs get out of here....so Prince loved everything the guy was doing but had to pick a fight instead Of saying goodbye. I can't help but imagine that Prince was very quirky when it came to dealing with people.

He was a Gemini. They do that kind of stuff LOL. I watched a YouTube of Shameless Maya (I believe that was her name) who did the photography for Art Official Age. She said they met a few times and did an entire photo shoot in his house. Then, one day, he randomly told her to delete all of the photos that she took. She was like "Umm. No" and instantly started editing them to send him a finished product. Then he was like, "I love them." and sent her the biggest check that she said that she had ever seen. LOL.

Nonsense. Excuses for being a tyrannical bully.

phoenixrising said:

I heard the lead singer of the group Train on Howard stern. Train is an amazing band and they do two Prince songs in concert now as tribute to him. The lead singer was telling a story about how Prince didn't know how to end relationships ( revolution anyone?). Someone the singer knew worked as a sound engineer for Prince and said the two weeks he worked with him were the most amazing two weeks of his life..until the last day. He was leaving PP In a couple of hours and Prince was listening to some tracks and asked the guy what speed he recorded them at. The guy answered and Princ Said thanks for ruining my Songs get out of here....so Prince loved everything the guy was doing but had to pick a fight instead Of saying goodbye. I can't help but imagine that Prince was very quirky when it came to dealing with people.

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Most everyone who worked with Prince has said as an inredible experience and they mostly have great feelings about it. His past band members, his web designer, Steve Park, his tour photographer, his chefs, etc.

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It sounds like this guy did something that P didn't like when he recorded one of his songs. That is like molesting one of Prince's children and of course he's going to get super angry and perhaps lose his temper just a bit. Music was his life.

KingSausage said:

Yes. Prince acted a certain way because the alignment of the stars. A small toad lives in my stomach and whispers dreams to me. I throw salt over my shoulder and war breaks out in the Ukraine.

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But are you a legit medium?

CNickyD said:

There's a YouTube video of a guy that worked a low-level position at Paisley Park. He tells this story of how he was about to pass Prince in the hallway, and instead of doing something normal like saying "Hi", Prince eyes darted about and he immediately SPRINTED down the stairs to get away from him. So yeah, I'd say he was socially awkward! LOL

maybe he had a new song going on in his head and didn't want to be delayed by speaking until he could commit it to tape?

A lot of that is not wanting people trying to figure you out, self-preservation and keeping people at arms' length. Some of it was just a flat out Napoleon complex.

FunkiestOne said:

phoenixrising said:

I heard the lead singer of the group Train on Howard stern. Train is an amazing band and they do two Prince songs in concert now as tribute to him. The lead singer was telling a story about how Prince didn't know how to end relationships ( revolution anyone?). Someone the singer knew worked as a sound engineer for Prince and said the two weeks he worked with him were the most amazing two weeks of his life..until the last day. He was leaving PP In a couple of hours and Prince was listening to some tracks and asked the guy what speed he recorded them at. The guy answered and Princ Said thanks for ruining my Songs get out of here....so Prince loved everything the guy was doing but had to pick a fight instead Of saying goodbye. I can't help but imagine that Prince was very quirky when it came to dealing with people.

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Most everyone who worked with Prince has said as an inredible experience and they mostly have great feelings about it. His past band members, his web designer, Steve Park, his tour photographer, his chefs, etc.

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It sounds like this guy did something that P didn't like when he recorded one of his songs. That is like molesting one of Prince's children and of course he's going to get super angry and perhaps lose his temper just a bit. Music was his life.

Really?

The NPG hated working with him in the 90's. His engineer from the GB days says Prince treated people like shit on his shoe, like his was royalty and above them.

Prince ws rude to Stevie Ray Vaughan at PP. No excuse for no manners and arrogance. That is not very spiritual now is it?

dalsh327 said:

A lot of that is not wanting people trying to figure you out, self-preservation and keeping people at arms' length. Some of it was just a flat out Napoleon complex.

Nastiness and the level of impoliteness Prince shows is a major sign of insecurity, just as Tommy B. said. If you are truly happy with yourself, you want to bring those around you up, not degrade them, not rip them off.

Rosie Gaines is still waiting on her money for vocals she did on Emancipation and 1999 new master.

keenly said:

dalsh327 said:

A lot of that is not wanting people trying to figure you out, self-preservation and keeping people at arms' length. Some of it was just a flat out Napoleon complex.

Nastiness and the level of impoliteness Prince shows is a major sign of insecurity, just as Tommy B. said. If you are truly happy with yourself, you want to bring those around you up, not degrade them, not rip them off.

Rosie Gaines is still waiting on her money for vocals she did on Emancipation and 1999 new master.

i'm pretty sure you've had prior comments like those above snipped by moderators in recent days. whatever issues you might feel you have related to prince's lifetime are likely never to be resolved here

BartVanHemelen said:

I love his art.Was he different,crazy,nuts,weird HELL YES..WHY ?WHO CARES...Thats what made him prince.

He was a musician, a vocalist. He wasn't a politician somewhere running for office. It wasn't his job to be politically correct, or be a man of the people.

Keenly, do you have anything positive to say about Prince? Or do you always wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

And it's just boring if all you do is shoot your mouth off and not say whether you worked for Prince or not.

bigtimefan said:

I'm not trying bash Prince at all. His compassion and love was so evident, but more than once I've been surprised how he reacted and/or treated some people.

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I've followed him forever and personally always thought he showed signs of being a Narcissist or having Histrionic Personality disorder. Anyone agree???

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

Yes! He had issues for sure. The way he collected woman and gave them the boot is pretty awful. The same with musicians. High standards are one thing. He sounded like he had a lot of love in his heart & a lot of wounds.

Mody of us have some of each, and we try to be decent to people. He cordoned off his world and created his own rules.

I think he wrote of having regrets, read the lyrics to the song, "The Breakdown."

What he deserves credit for on an interpersonal level is evolving and doing things better in each phase of his life. Gotta love that.

CNickyD said:

There's a YouTube video of a guy that worked a low-level position at Paisley Park. He tells this story of how he was about to pass Prince in the hallway, and instead of doing something normal like saying "Hi", Prince eyes darted about and he immediately SPRINTED down the stairs to get away from him. So yeah, I'd say he was socially awkward! LOL

Is that the same guy who described how one day Prince had on the white lace outfit with no underwear?

Because if it is, man, I couldn't unsee that for hours, and I couldn't stop giggling like a maniac.

Like, whoa, son, that's more information than I needed, but thanks so much for sharing!

Blakbear said:

CNickyD said:

There's a YouTube video of a guy that worked a low-level position at Paisley Park. He tells this story of how he was about to pass Prince in the hallway, and instead of doing something normal like saying "Hi", Prince eyes darted about and he immediately SPRINTED down the stairs to get away from him. So yeah, I'd say he was socially awkward! LOL

Is that the same guy who described how one day Prince had on the white lace outfit with no underwear?

Because if it is, man, I couldn't unsee that for hours, and I couldn't stop giggling like a maniac.

Like, whoa, son, that's more information than I needed, but thanks so much for sharing!

I saw that video too, Hilarious.

destinyc1 said:

I love his art.Was he different,crazy,nuts,weird HELL YES..WHY ?WHO CARES...Thats what made him prince.

^^^^THIS!^^^^^

MadamGoodnightTwo said:

Blakbear said:

Is that the same guy who described how one day Prince had on the white lace outfit with no underwear?

Because if it is, man, I couldn't unsee that for hours, and I couldn't stop giggling like a maniac.

Like, whoa, son, that's more information than I needed, but thanks so much for sharing!

I saw that video too, Hilarious.

I swear he spent all the minutes on that, and went out of his way to reassure everyone as to... everything about it. I wondered if he got out a tape measure at one point...

Prince had been umm, let's say, different for many years and the examples were there. From him holding up his fingers as an answer to Dick Clark, to having other people speak for him, to not giving interviews at different points in his career. These things were not secrets. Nobody put a gun to their heads to deal with, or work with that man. The choice was theirs. Musical genius is what he was. The rest was secondary.

Blakbear said:

MadamGoodnightTwo said:

I saw that video too, Hilarious.

I swear he spent all the minutes on that, and went out of his way to reassure everyone as to... everything about it. I wondered if he got out a tape measure at one point...

That sounds like a good fun video - do you have a link to it?

Depends which Prince you're talking about.

For some reason, some fans tend to think of Prince as this personality with very stable traits and attitudes. Prince evolved like hopefully we all do. Some things stay the same. So he was a narcissist -- can you honestly say you wouldn't be in his shoes with his talent? If anyone had a reason to be too into themselves, that would be him.

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FUNKNROLL said:

jumanji2016 said:

He was a Gemini. They do that kind of stuff LOL. I watched a YouTube of Shameless Maya (I believe that was her name) who did the photography for Art Official Age. She said they met a few times and did an entire photo shoot in his house. Then, one day, he randomly told her to delete all of the photos that she took. She was like "Umm. No" and instantly started editing them to send him a finished product. Then he was like, "I love them." and sent her the biggest check that she said that she had ever seen. LOL.

Sometimes the real point of a request is a test. But yeah, some people just don't know how to part ways without picking a fight. Especially if they have abandonment issues. Why would things end, unless there was some sort of drama?

Abandonment issues, geez he was thrown out of his fathers house at 13 and sat crying on the pay phone cause he wasn't allowed to go home. He was a BABY and abandoned. That probably killed a part of his sensitivity chip. And that show on Reelz said his stepfather locked him in his room for 6 weeks one summer, only allowed him out to eat and shower. His family really fu.... with his head

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Aerogram said:

Depends which Prince you're talking about.

For some reason, some fans tend to think of Prince as this personality with very stable traits and attitudes. Prince evolved like hopefully we all do. Some things stay the same. So he was a narcissist -- can you honestly say you wouldn't be in his shoes with his talent? If anyone had a reason to be too into themselves, that would be him.

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Yep

It does not make him bad to me either; makes the man human. He had an extraordinary gift and he had to know he was special and what was in him was special. I am glad he shared it with the world.