Prince, the artist with the weird symbol
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Prince came to have a very strong faith, so I really don't think it was directly the result of drugs. He did, however, come from a very rough background and was wild in his youth (like most celebrities). He was an amazing genius: among other things, he wrote music when he was only seven years old, and I think he also knew how to write computer programming language. I really loved some of his music. He put a lot of heart into it.
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I spent my 20's and 30's dancing to his music. I can remember when "1999" came out in about '86? and we all thought that was ridiculous....Like that was a lifetime away.
The man was a musical genius handsdown. Incredible showman.
Story I heard was that he had been admitted to the hospital a week ago with the flu and respiratory problems. We'll have to wait to see what he died from, but it's a true shame.
Between him and David Bowie the world has lost some amazing talent, lately and I sure don't see anyone on the radar to replace them.
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The man was a musical genius handsdown. Incredible showman.
Story I heard was that he had been admitted to the hospital a week ago with the flu and respiratory problems. We'll have to wait to see what he died from, but it's a true shame.
Between him and David Bowie the world has lost some amazing talent, lately and I sure don't see anyone on the radar to replace them.
Watson
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He supposedly didn't do drugs. He was quite a musical genius in that he could play any instrument. He played 27 instruments on his debut album. He also had a very long resume of other musicians he wrote for....too long to list here....google search it and you will be amazed at his accomplishments.
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A little known Prince factoid. When Prince read that Louisville was going close the Western Branch Library ( which is the first full service library for African Americans in country) he wrote a $10,000 check to the Western Branch Library Association to support the library.
Note: that symbol was a protest to the record label who thought they owned the legal rights to the name Prince ( his given name, btw.) he won.
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