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.