It was Raspberry Beret. I was 4 years old. Yes, 4. I remember that I instantly loved it. “Mommy, who is that singing?” Seems weird but it’s true. More than a “once in a lifetime” artist… Just a ONCE IN FOREVER ARTIST. I’m still in shock as I write this and I feel this overwhelming grief. But, we should all turn away from that and HONOR this musician that changed all of our lives, our perspectives, our feeling, our whole being. From another planet? Probably. Royalty, for sure. Us worthy..? Laughable. They say don’t meet your idols… That they let you down. But, some of my greatest, funniest (yes, he was hilarious), and most prolific encounters and conversations about music came from the moments that I spent with him. It would be silly to say that he has inspired our music… It’s beyond that. He’s somewhere within every song I’ve ever written. I am sad, but I will smile when I think of every second that I had the fortune of being in his company. We have lost our greatest living musician. But his music will never die. Prince, NOTHING COMPARES… #RIPPrince

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Shocking reports this morning that Prince has died at his Minnesota Paisley Park Estate. An outpouring of tributes followed the news online.

The 57 year old rocker, artist, producer and inspiration’s death was confirmed by his publicist.

He had an emergency landing due illness while flying last week and was reported to have the flu and had been hospitalized afterwards. He went on and performed a show on April 13th anyway. Read about that show in Atlanta here.

Did you get to see Prince in concert in Victoria last time he was here? There was a legendary performance after the show at Sugar Nightclub that night too. Share your memories of Prince and his influence on you — Call or text 250-385-0985.  Here’s the interview that Times Colonist reviewer Mike Devlin did with Prince via email.

Some memories from Prince:
Prince performs Purple Rain in a downpour at Superbowl in 1997

And Let’s Go Crazy…


“There’s something about having people around you giving you support that is – its motivating, and once I got that support from people, then I believed I could do anything.” ~Prince

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RIP Prince

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