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Prince on Prince gets behind the controversies to tell the Prince story in his own words.
Prince is among the most respected and influential entertainers of the twentieth century, breaking sexual, racial, and creative barriers throughout his almost forty years in the spotlight.
He was a multitalented studio artist, a master songwriter who produced and performed almost all of his own music on yearly LPs and countless singles and videos. He was one of the most dynamic live performers ever to hit the stage, a world-class dancer, and musician who's still remembered for the best Super Bowl halftime performance in history. He fought for artists' rights, changed his name to a glyph, and took a star turn in the Oscar-winner Purple Rain.
But for all this, he was a quiet and private individual, reluctant to talk about the work he felt should speak for itself. This volume offers a chronological look at some of Prince's most entertaining and revealing interviews, from 1978 and the release of his debut LP, For You, to a 2015 interview conducted only months before his untimely death at the age of fifty-seven.
Prince's memoir was left incomplete, but this volume offers a view of the man as he sought to portray himself in his own words to journalists of every status throughout his career.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Prince: A Touch of Magic - Jeff Schneider | May/June 1978 (No. 3, Vol. 11) | Insider: The Midwest Magazine of Music News, Arts and Lifestyles
- That Mysterious Prince: He Talks About Himself! - J. Randy Taraborrelli | March 1980 | Soul Teen
- Prince: More Than Just a “Dirty Mind” - Dennis Hunt | December 21, 1980 | Los Angeles Times
- Prince in the Afternoon - Gene Kalbacher | February 25–March 4, 1981 (Issue 356) | Aquarian—Night Owl
- Prince: Mom's Favorite Freak - Ed Ochs | June 1981 | Rock & Soul Songs
- Strutting with the New Soul Monarch - Chris Salewicz | June 6, 1981 | New Musical Express
- The Renegade Prince - Robert Hilburn | November 21, 1982 | Los Angeles Times
- Mixed Emotions: Prince on the Music - Robert Hilburn | September 1983 | Musician
- Prince: Strange Tales from Andre's Basement . . . And Other Fantasies Come True - Barbara Graustark | September 1983 | Musician
- Prince Talks - Neal Karlen | September 12, 1985 | Rolling Stone
- Radio Interview - Electrifying Mojo | June 7, 1986 | WHYT 96.3 Detroit
- Prince Invites Black Beat to Paisley Park! - Steven Ivory | January 1992 | Black Beat
- New Gold Dream - Adam Mattera | March 11, 1995 | Echoes
- Paisley Park Press Conference - November 12, 1996 | Original Transcript
- Portrait of The Artist as a Newly Free Man - Nick Krewen | November 20, 1996 | Hamilton Spectator
- Portrait of the Artist: The Sound of Emancipation - Robert L. Doerschuk | April 1997 | Musician
- 18 Questions for The Artist (Still Generally Known as Prince) - Ben Edmonds | August 1998 | MOJO
- The Artist Formerly Known as Prince . . . An Exclusive Interview - Jesse Nash | October/November 1999 | OCA Magazine
- : Portrait of the Artist as a Free Man - Dimitri Ehrlich | December 1999 | Notorious
- An Interview with the Prince Formerly Known as The Artist - Barney Hoskyns | March 2000 | MOJO
- New York City Press Conference - May 16, 2000 | Original Transcript
- Prince: The Y-Life Interview - Bilge Ebiri | June 2001 | Yahoo! Internet Life
- Prince of Paradox - Mick Brown | June 12, 2004 | Daily Telegraph
- “Where's My Interview?” - Gary Graff | September 12, 2004 | Gallery of Sound
- My Night with Prince - Ann Powers | January 11, 2009 | Los Angeles Times
- Paris Press Conference - October 12, 2009 | Original Transcript
- Prince: “I'm a Musician. And I Am Music.” - Dorian Lynskey | June 23, 2011 | Guardian
- Everlasting Now: Prince - Vanessa Grigoriadis | July 3, 2013 | V Magazine
- The Black Interview - Miles Marshall Lewis | June 2016 | Ebony
- About the Contributors
- Credits
- Index