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Prince on Larry King anyone got any good pics of him on that interview.? | |
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i gotta couple more but i don't feel like surfin thru my stash and postin...s'gettin late 
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you guys kill me with these pictures. | |
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LARRY, STOP FLIRTING WITH ME CUZ I'M ABOUT READY TO JUMP OVER THE DESK AND KISS YOU, YOU SEXY JEHOVA LOVER! | |
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when was this? | |
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that interview was sooo boring...he has nothing 2 say, and even if he had, he seems 2 have difficulties xpressing himslef...embarrasing | |
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LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, he's rocked, he's shocked, he's been telling us
to party like it's 1999 for 17 years, the artist formerly known as Prince is our guest, a music world original, next on LARRY KING LIVE. We're back in New York tonight. Never know where we are. This is our millennium month on LARRY KING LIVE. Tomorrow night a tribute to Frank Sinatra. He would have been 84 years this Sunday. We'll replay an interview tomorrow. And among the guests next week will be Ted Turner, and Peter Jennings, and Jim Carrey and President Gerald Ford and President Bill Clinton. That's all next week. It's a great pleasure to have with us tonight the artist formerly known as Prince. His first album in three years has just been released. It's called "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic." There you see the cover of the CD. And for the artist, the obvious first question is, why three years? THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE: Well, there's three things I wanted to get out of my system, mainly "The Crystal Ball Project," which was a reissue of a lot of the bootlegs that have been coming out all over the world. I am probably one of the most bootlegged artists out there. I wanted to clean that up and get the real good mixes out, let people hear what they're really supposed to sound like if ever given the chance to complete them. KING: So that's the reason for this space of time? THE ARTIST: Yes. We did a couple of other projects. I was working with Chaka Khan. I did an album with her, Larry Graham. KING: She's terrific. THE ARTIST: Yes, she is. KING: What can an artist do about bootlegging? THE ARTIST: What -- the best thing you can do is go back and get those mixes again and fix them up the way you always saw them completed, and then, you know, reissue them. KING: Does the listener know if they buy one of these in Germany that this isn't what you intended? THE ARTIST: A lot of my so-called fans do, and they actually thrive off the fact that it's stolen property, you know. KING: You are -- you would admit to yourself, an unusual personality? THE ARTIST: It depends. KING: Well, let's say you're different. THE ARTIST: As compared to what? KING: As compared to most people in, let's say, show business, you're an unusual person. Most people don't get famous with one name and then change it, right, would you say? What's the story on that, by the way? THE ARTIST: Well, I had to search deep within my heart and spirit, and I wanted to make a change and move to a new plateau in my life. And one of the ways in which I did that was to change my name. It sort of divorced me from the past and all the hangups that go along with it. I was -- as it's been well chronicled in deep dispute with my record label... KING: Which is Warner Bros., right? THE ARTIST: Yes. KING: Which owns this network, I might add, just to throw... THE ARTIST: Oh, they do? KING: Yes. THE ARTIST: They -- we had some issues that were basically about ownership of the music and how often I was supposed to record and things like that. We got along otherwise. We just had came to a head in those types of... KING: So there was no clash over what you would record or what kind of music you were singing, et cetera? None of that? THE ARTIST: No, no creative issues whatsoever. And they were gracious enough to allow me a very wide palate to, you know, put colors onto. KING: About the highest risk one would think someone who gets famous would take is to drop the name that got them famous. THE ARTIST: Well, that was one of the things that I dealt with, is that I really searched deep within to find out the answer to whether fame was most important to me or my spiritual well being, and I chose the latter. KING: Was it difficult to not be what you had become known as? THE ARTIST: You mean... KING: I think -- well, let's say -- the only other famous person I know who did this was Cassius Clay. He's a dear friend, and he changed his name to Muhammad Ali as heavyweight champion of the world. That was incredible to change your name. That was due to a faith belief. But he wasn't selling records. He was in the ring, as long as he won, it sold. You, though, a person in show business, is almost dependent on recognition. You stopped being Prince. THE ARTIST: Well, I -- that's a good point. I pretty much wanted to be dependent upon God. And when you get the inner calling to do something and you know that you're being inspired by God, you pretty much know you'd better answer that call or suffer the consequences. KING: Do you think this was God inspired as well? THE ARTIST: I do believe, yes. KING: Why, then, did you choose "the artist formerly known as?" THE ARTIST: Well I didn't choose that. That was... KING: ... chosen for you. THE ARTIST: Yes, pretty much. KING: What would you have chosen? THE ARTIST: I... KING: I mean, did you think of a name? What is your name at birth? THE ARTIST: My name at birth was Prince Rogers Nelson. KING: So did you think of Nelson? THE ARTIST: No. KING: Rogers? THE ARTIST: No. KING: Were you thinking of a name? THE ARTIST: No, it didn't come to me like that. KING: So how did "the artist formerly known as" come about? THE ARTIST: That came up through people's problem with -- mainly the media's problem with not having a pronunciation for the symbol. So they had to come up with something I guess. KING: So "the artist formerly known as" is a media invention. THE ARTIST: Yes. KING: Not your invention? THE ARTIST: No, sir. KING: You're a symbol. OK, how do you promote a symbol? THE ARTIST: Well, what we found is throughout the world, if you hold this up and show it to people, what they think of, they will say, Prince. KING: Obviously. THE ARTIST: Yes. KING: So you obviously made it famous. THE ARTIST: Yes. I think so, yes. KING: Can you tell us what it signifies? THE ARTIST: Well, me. KING: No, but I mean, how you chose it. You designed it? THE ARTIST: It's sort of come about over time. I've always morphed the female and the male symbol together. KING: Show me again. Let me see it. Yes, and it works. THE ARTIST: It's pretty cool. It makes for great jewelry, too. KING: Has it been copied? THE ARTIST: Oh, yes. KING: Stores sell this everywhere? THE ARTIST: Well, a lot of times, you'll find, like I say, so- called fans on the Internet, which is kind of a problem sometimes because once they use the symbol, it's as though I've endorsed whatever it is that they have for sale, and... KING: Can you copyright that? THE ARTIST: It is copyrighted. KING: So you can't be ripped off by it? THE ARTIST: No. KING: We've been showing it on the bottom of the screen, so that people tune in, they know who we're watching here. THE ARTIST: Cool. KING: There it is. Look at that. See that? THE ARTIST: All right. KING: That's cool, right? THE ARTIST: That's a class act. This is a... KING: Hey, this is CNN, man. We don't fool around. We'll be right back with the artist formerly known as Prince. We're going to talk about his album, his extraordinary life. We'll be taking your phone calls as well. He's got a concert coming up. And the album "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic" is now out. Don't bootleg it -- buy it. We'll be right back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KING: We're back with the artist. And the new album is "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic." And he now calls himself "the artist." In print, however, it is just a symbol. We gave him the name. He -- one traces early life an incredible story. But you live in Spain, right? THE ARTIST: I like to say that I live in the world but I am not of it. I travel a lot. I call Spain home now. I also have a home in Minnesota. KING: Still in Minnesota? THE ARTIST: Yes. KING: Roots? THE ARTIST: Yes. KING: Why Spain? THE ARTIST: I -- what I found that I like most is from 2:00 to 5:00, everything just shuts down. So... KING: Siesta -- Fiesta -- siesta. THE ARTIST: Yes. And everybody just chills and they take a moment just to gather their senses. I think, you know, we probably need to do that here in America sometimes. KING: Let's -- so in other words, at 2:00 every afternoon you stop doing whatever you're doing? THE ARTIST: Well, there's no stores and shopping and things like that. All that shuts down and just allows everybody a chance to just regroup and, you know, think about life. KING: Do you still have a fondness for Minneapolis? THE ARTIST: Oh, yes, absolutely. KING: What was it like growing up there? Aren't many blacks in Minneapolis, right? I was talking to Dave Winfield the other night, one percent maybe. THE ARTIST: Yes, it was interesting for me because I grew up getting a wider array of music. I grew up with Santana and Larry Graham and Fleetwood Mac, all kinds of different things, you know? So that was -- that was very cool. KING: Good place to grow up? THE ARTIST: Yes, sir. KING: You had a rough childhood, didn't you? THE ARTIST: In some respects. KING: Did that affect your music? THE ARTIST: I don't think so, no. I -- I think it probably helped me to look inside to know that I had to do for self, you know? KING: You had a rough time with parents -- I mean, that's all resolved now, but your father -- you had a rough time with your father, right? THE ARTIST: I wouldn't call it "rough." I mean, he was a very strict disciplinarian, but all father ******************************************** | |
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more pics and the full transcript of this interview at:
http://homepage.dtn.ntl.c...q/lkli.htm Check out Chocadelica , updated with Lotusflow3r and MPLSound album lyrics April 2nd 2009 :
http://homepage.ntlworld....home2.html | |
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gooeythehamster said: LARRY, STOP FLIRTING WITH ME CUZ I'M ABOUT READY TO JUMP OVER THE DESK AND KISS YOU, YOU SEXY JEHOVA LOVER!
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This really happened??? I thought this was a cut and paste joke...Is this true or what??? -------------------------------------------------
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pejman said: This really happened??? I thought this was a cut and paste joke...Is this true or what???
it happened.  | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: pejman said: This really happened??? I thought this was a cut and paste joke...Is this true or what???
it happened. Damn I never saw or heard about it til now...see what happens when your incarcerated for a lil while... -------------------------------------------------
MENACE TO SOBRIETY | |
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 Y'all just mad 'cuz I'm prettier than all you hoes!The Normal Whores Club | |
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Prince playing like he forgot Owen Husney's(His First Manager) Name was My Highlight of that Corny Interview. mistermaxxx | |
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"THE ARTIST: Well, what we found is throughout the world, if you hold this up and show it to people, what they think of, they will say, Prince.
KING: Obviously. THE ARTIST: Yes. KING: So you obviously made it famous. THE ARTIST: Yes. I think so, yes. KING: Can you tell us what it signifies? THE ARTIST: Well, me." I don't know exactly why but this part of the exchange cracks me up. P is so cute.   | |
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