“That tripped me out when Dick Clark asked how I come from Minneapolis, of all places,” Prince said the following year. The story that passed into folklore was indeed once of Prince’s infamous shyness – although some sources suggest that he’d been offended by the comment about Minneapolis.
“Prince is the same… But I don’t advise him on career moves.” Though once you’re off camera, he’s like everybody else – very normal.” He compared Prince to “all the mystery people in entertainment” who say little in public but much more in private. He’s an extraordinary performer and not a particularly verbose one in public conversation. “I’ve always said that was one of the most difficult interviews I’ve ever conducted, and I’ve done 10,000 musician interviews.” However, he didn’t seem to bear a grudge, reflecting: “hat’s the nature of the man. “He didn’t talk to me,” Clark told the Star Tribune in 1995.
When the answer was “ Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?” the presenter could have been forgiven for thinking the very same thing. After admitting a tour was coming, Clark asked for the name of the next song. Asked why he’d turned down the record deals that followed, Prince replied with a glam-rock flourish: “Um, they wouldn’t let me produce myself.” Did he mind that the labels doubted he knew what he was doing at the age of 15? “Don’t know.” Was he disappointed over the missed opportunity? “No.” Did he play every instrument on the new album? “Maybe.” How many instruments did he play? “Mmm… Thousands.” All of them? “A lot.” By that point, Clark, beginning to understand that things weren’t going to get any better, wrapped the answers to his questions into those questions. Instead of a vocal response, Prince held up four fingers – representing four years – and threw his hand dramatically towards the interviewer. Then Clark asked about his early demos, and how long ago he’d made them. After making a comment about how surprising it was that such music could come out of Minneapolis, which drew a confused and surprised expression from a then 19-year-old Prince, Clark asked him to introduce his band, which he did.
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