peggyon said:

violetcrush said:

Yes, I agree. "Absentee" parents who appear to not have been nurturing or comforting to their young kids. Add the typical harsher punishments of that time period and culture, plus Prince's seizures, smaller size, and quirky pesonality - and you end up with an emotionally detached man who cannot trust enough to have normal relationships.

Just in his defense, I don't thnk he was detached; quite emotional but could best express that musically. more gurarded than detached.

Yes, guarded may be a better word. But extremely interpersonally guarded. To the point of, "I cannot tell you directly how I feel about you, so I'm going to write a song about my feelings. He did communicate through his music.

I was thinking about this today. Both of his parent pursued music careers and barely paid the bills. Prince knew talent wasn’t enough to make it in the business, which motivated him to work his ass off.
I hope he thanked his parents for that.

littlemissG said:

I was thinking about this today. Both of his parent pursued music careers and barely paid the bills. Prince knew talent wasn’t enough to make it in the business, which motivated him to work his ass off. I hope he thanked his parents for that.

His dad had a good job at Honeywell and then played the clubs in the evenings.