Bono on why Prince was “the most cinematic of musical geniuses”
“I don’t believe anybody’s a genius… I think people just access it for a moment or a while…. but you came close.”
Prince Archives: 10/2023
Why Prince hated record companies: “If they changed, they wouldn’t really exist”
Prince compared the internet to ‘The Matrix’.
The Foo Fighters cover so good it made Dave Grohl want to never play it again
Improving on the sounds of Foo.
The musician Stevie Nicks said no one could play like: “He spoiled me”
Having a unique voice on every instrument.
How Prince saved Chaka Khan’s life: “We knew it was time”
In 2016, Chaka Khan revealed hiw Prince saved her life.
The classic album that Prince was scared of: “It’s my albatross”
The record that may have done its job too well.
The strange technique Prince used to teach himself to play the piano
Prince crafted the soundtrack for Tim Burton’s 1989 film ‘Batman’.
Nile Rodgers names the two most “extraordinary geniuses” popular music has ever produced
Sartorially indulgent pioneers.
The lost bass line of Prince hit ‘When Doves Cry’
Stevie Nicks inspired Prince to craft the major hit.
Frank Zappa on the lesson that the music industry failed to learn from Prince
“Warner Brothers was smart enough to give it to Prince.”