Принс Роджерс Нельсон — американский музыкант, певец, гитарист-виртуоз , мультиинструменталист, автор песен, композитор, продюсер, актер, режиссёр. На протяжении большей части своей карьеры выступал под именем Принс, но использовал также и другие псевдонимы.
По всему миру продано более 100 миллионов копий его альбомов. Лауреат семи премий «Грэмми», премий «Оскар» и «Золотой глобус». В 2004 году имя Принса было занесено в Зал славы рок-н-ролла.
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Источник: "Rolling Stones" Журнал
Song lyrics, Parade Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
When Doves Cry
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)
New Power Generation
Song lyrics, Graffiti Bridge (1990)
“center>With special thanks
2 Clare Fischer 4 Making Brighter the Colors
Black and White</center”
From the closing credits of Under the Cherry Moon (1986), and the liner notes of Parade (1986)
Sexuality
Song lyrics, Controversy (1981)
When Doves Cry
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)
U Got the Look
Song lyrics, Sign O' the Times (1987)
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
Song lyrics, Prince (1979)
Discussing his then nearly decade-and-a-half-long working relationship with arranger Clare Fischer (whom he'd never met, nor ever would meet, face to face), as quoted in the January 2000 issue of Keyboard Magazine, reprinted in Keyboard Presents Synth Gods https://books.google.com/books?id=BMucfBTXvMgC&pg=PA97&dq=%22I+wouldn't+want+to+jinx+it%22+%22that+chord+on+the+radio%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w2acVdevKIKYyASn3oCoBg&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false (2011), edited by Ernie Rideout, p. 97
Let's Go Crazy
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)
When asked why he doesn't vote, Tavis Smiley Show (April 27, 2009).
Sign o' the Times
Song lyrics, Sign O' the Times (1987)
Kiss
Song lyrics, Parade Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
1999
Song lyrics, 1999 (1982)
“I've been to the mountaintop. There's nothing there.”
To Jim Walsh, in context of writing new material.
Источник: Walsh: I said to him, "Come on, man—don't you want to make another Sign o' the Times, another Purple Rain?" I don't know if I framed it exactly like that, but he said, "No, no—Jim, I've been to the mountaintop. There's nothing there." https://www.gq.com/story/prince-stories
