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), along with his own iconic film career.
Maybe youvealready heardPrince was not a fan of Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran.
But Perry and Sheeran are far from the only topics Prince had thoughts on.
At one time, that includedRichard Linklaters trippy animated docufiction project.
I want something thats passed around from friend to friend, like do you knowWaking Life?
You dont show that to all your friends, just the ones who can hang.
Which raises the question, which of Princes friendsdidhe watchWaking Lifewith?
hadnt described his music totally accurately by saying it feels like breaking the law.
Funk is about rules, Prince said, while hard rockers likeLed Zeppelinbroke laws of harmony.
But at least Piepenbring hadnt compared Prince toBruce Springsteen, as one writer did.
No one has any of his albums here, Prince said, referring to his Paisley Park compound.
No one listens to him.
You might as well compare me to Billy Joel.
Why arent they comparing me to Sly Stone?
I dont see anything like that these days.
And why arent I compared to Santana?
Hes a guy whos trying to get it, he said.
Letterman wouldve never done that.
Its time for him to sit down.
Time for a lot of people in the music business to sit down.
OnKung Fu Panda 3One night, Prince invited Piepenbring to Paisley Park to see a movie.
When he arrived, he saw that two massive projection screens were broadcastingBarbarellaon repeat.
Twin versions of Jane Fonda, 30 feet tall, strutted around a foreign planet in formfitting futurewear.
But that wasnt the movie in question!
Prince had something better in mind.
Were seeingKung Fu Panda 3, his personal assistant, Meron Bekure, told the writer.
Prince used to rent a nearby movie theater for private nighttime screenings, the book notes.
As for the film, Piepenbring writes, I heard Prince laugh a few times.
But Prince didnt just want to hold a college philosophy seminar.
Its a diverse cast, even though theyre telling a European story, Prince said.
You trust them to talk about race and stuff.
Second: No profanity.
Has he heardthe Prince song Sexy M.F.
?, you may be asking.
But the Purple One actually renounced cursing in his music in 2014.
You set the soundtrack for it!
Cue Reelin in the Years.
OnAdventures of SupermanIt was the first show I had to see.
Seeing George Reeves, seeing that cape flying, him on top of buildings I wanted that.
People who look like the creators of the show, Prince continued.
That affects your self-image when youre black and watching white heroes.
If only he couldve seenBlack Panther.
We might need to invent a new word for it.Whorun the world?
Rachel & her love interest meet in a sensory deprivation Diner.
U R served & dine in complete darkness.
We will but well have to forgive thatDomhnall Gleeson erasurefirst!
A correction to the above claim: Maybe Prince didntalwayshave taste.
