I can't even think about politics today - it's a day of mourning for me. My all-time favourite musical artists, since I was 8 years old (now in my 40s). He was a complicated person and his stance on gay marriage pissed me off, but he was an absolute musical genius and we will never see another like him. He could play every instrument (Dave Grohl was once asked "Is Prince a better musician than you?" and answered "Man, Prince is a better DRUMMER than I am"
and wrote more perfect pop songs than anyone. Most musicians go their whole careers trying to write ONE song as good as some of the filler tracks on Prince's least-known albums.
Interviewer to Eric Clapton: What does it feel like to be the greatest guitar player in the world?
Eric Clapton: I don't know, ask Prince.
My consolation is that it's pretty great to leave a legacy that compels people to get up and dance. And also that there's probably an equal amount of material to what he's already published, perfectly preserved in the Paisley Park vaults. Knowing Prince, he'll have mastered and catalogued all of it, with precise release dates after his death. Never let it be said he wasn't a weird control freak, lol.
When you fall in love with an artist the way I fell in love with Prince, it lasts a lifetime.
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