I grew up listening to him and still followed him. His last 2 albums were very good. He was a guitar god as well.
I was very inspired by him to blend styles of music like rock, funk, electronic, and hip hop.
My band used to frequently play in his night club called the Quest. He decorated the whole place In an Ancient Greek style. It was so cool.
And whenever I performed on the mainstage at 1st Ave Prince and the purple rain movie were all I could think about.
For any local musician in MN Prince really was like Royalty.
I know people who knew him, worked with him and have stories about him. I even work with a guy that went to high school with him.
My favorite story is when my friend saw Prince handing out jehovas witness pamphlets in a cub foods parking lot.
He was all over the place and he was always being whacky Prince.
He had a big impact on me and I'm going to miss him a lot.
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