Man, this is a great article. Set aside 30 or 40 minutes. It's long. I'm not going to post any excerpts because I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Hopefully no one else will either, but it's hard! There are so many great things in this!

http://www.gq.com/story/prince-stories

RodeoSchro said:

Latin said:

Did he have friends?

What a great read. Thanks for posting.

So, we learn that he typed in all caps..... hmmmm.... that helps with trying to figure out who he was on the Org.....

Yes, very funny! I like what Prince said about Madonna. And the story from Van Jones is funny....."This is Prince". LMAO!!

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I didn't know Carmen was so hurt by Prince. Prince: You were a bad boy, but I love you!!

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I miss our Princey!!

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RodeoSchro said:

Man, this is a great article. Set aside 30 or 40 minutes. It's long. I'm not going to post any excerpts because I don't want to ruin it for anyone. Hopefully no one else will either, but it's hard! There are so many great things in this!

http://www.gq.com/story/prince-stories

Thank you for posting. This is the kind od Prince news we need today.

Great read. I'm still laughing at these stories.

Great article! So many good stories.

Nice find man

anangellooksdown said:

I read some of it and thought it was so good, I'm considering buying a hard copy. Thanks for posting!

Strawberrylova123 said:

anangellooksdown said:

This article is so insightful. Prince was certainly himself and non-emotionally allowed himself to be that. It's also clear that he truly never did stop being interested in beautiful women. He really lived. Very often I reflect on his life and it seems to have been so filled, every moment, with lots and lots of color. God bless sweet Prince. You are so missed. Thanks for the article, Rodeo.

I love the story with andre and prince trying to learn 2 approach girls ❤

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Yes, that's a good one too! I love the story about the time Prince was helping a friend move and he was dressed in basic jeans/t-shirt or whatever and someone said "Is that Prince, no, it can't be--he don't dress like that", and Prince said from that day on, he would never dress sloppy or casual again! LOL

I loved this article and it was much longer than the one in the actual magazine.. It completely humanized him without demonizing him. Yes, he could be damned difficult but but I think he emotionally evolved. He did compartimentalize his feelings in order to protect himself but I never sensed he lacked a longing to connect (either through music, grand and not-so grand gestures, suprisingly deep conversations, humor and just hanging out). He was shy (I believe he does fit my definition of a shy person. A shy person doesn't necessarily talk soft or look down. They can be very extroverted when they know what they are talking about or are in a situation in which they feel trustful or in control. Prince's inability to just completely let down his guard is a form of shyness in my opinion.)

Favorite bits--

--his paying into his own swear jar--

--Everything Morris Hays said (insightful, funny, sad and sensitive stuff).

--sunsets, bikes, rented out movie theaters.

--his inability to parallel park..

--Everything Chaka Khan said..

--anything about his humor

Perplexing bits--his freaking out over labels being sewn into his clothes at the cleaners. I drove home from work wandering what the hell his chain of thought was. Then I remembered that his clothes were custom made for him and didn't have labels. I wonder why they decided to sew labels into his clothes. Maybe he thought people were sewing those labels (with "bar codes" in to keep tabs of his shopping habits. I am glad Maya Washington talked him down a bit. I wonder if maybe drugs were involved in this freakout.

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Strawberrylova123 said:

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Yes, that's a good one too! I love the story about the time Prince was helping a friend move and he was dressed in basic jeans/t-shirt or whatever and someone said "Is that Prince, no, it can't be--he don't dress like that", and Prince said from that day on, he would never dress sloppy or casual again! LOL

i also liked the micki free lace panties story...only prince

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The panty story? Wooo, please do tell!

HeavenMustBNear said:

I've only read through half. It's starting to make me a bit sad. Missing him something crazy today. Everyday. Thank you for the share. It's nice re reading some of these. The one when Prince said to Eddie,"Let me ask you a question, Do you see me stop my show to do comedy?"...Priceless.

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LMAO!! I can see him doing comedy! He was funny as hell. He was good at imperssonating people too! He loved to dress in disguise. He had a great sense of humor!

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I miss his beautiful laughter.

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Strawberrylova123 said:

cloveringold85 said:

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The panty story? Wooo, please do tell!

Mikki was talking about how prince was an influence to how he looked at the time but he said that prince didn't blantly say that he stold his look. One night at a club prince came out with chick and said to miki " you look very handsome tonight but one thing is missing, he took out his handkerchief which was red lacy panties and he put those panties into mikis handkerchief pocket, than he said "there you are all set 😁😁 something like that...lol

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OMG! Hilarious!!

cloveringold85 said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

cloveringold85 said:

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OMG! Hilarious!!

Lol prince....and mikki said he still has those panties 😁😁

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I bet!!

cloveringold85 said:

Strawberrylova123 said:

cloveringold85 said:

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I bet!!

Lol why do you say " i bet" lol

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Oh, I mean, I'm sure he still has them! It's a happy/funny memory! LOL

Not a fan of most reality shows, but hell yes I would have tuned in for a Paisley Park reality show!

That was a really insightful article. Probably one of the best accounts of the man's personality that I have ever read. Reading this does pull at the heartstrings and make his absence even MORE noticeable.

Man do I miss him!