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Prince Rogers Nelson dit Prince, né le 7 juin 1958 à Minneapolis et mort le 21 avril 2016 à Chanhassen, dans le même État, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, multi-instrumentiste et producteur américain de pop, de funk, de rock et de RnB. Il est également danseur et acteur.

La carrière de Prince démarre en 1978 et sa discographie compte plus de trente albums studio parus en moins de quarante ans. Il a aussi composé des chansons et produit des albums pour d'autres artistes, parmi lesquels les Bangles, Sheena Easton, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Madonna, Sheila E., Mavis Staples ou The Time.

Son plus gros succès commercial est Purple Rain , album publié en 1984 et vendu à vingt millions d'exemplaires,, contenant outre le morceau-titre les tubes Let's Go Crazy et When Doves Cry. Il est également l'auteur de Sign o' the Times, de la bande originale du Batman de Tim Burton, des tubes Little Red Corvette, Kiss, Cream ou encore Sexy MF. Le morceau phare de Sinéad O'Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U, est par ailleurs une composition de Prince, tout comme Manic Monday des Bangles.

Multi-instrumentiste – il pratique une vingtaine d'instruments, excellant notamment à la guitare, à la basse, au piano, à la batterie et aux claviers –, il s'est forgé une aura de créateur ambitieux, éclectique et une réputation scénique hors pair, en affectionnant en concert les danses et les solos. Il est aussi connu pour la nature pornographique de certaines de ses chansons, comme pour l'usage de costumes excentriques.

En 1993, il abandonne son nom de scène au profit de l'imprononçable pictogramme « Love Symbol », afin de contester le contrat qui le lie à la maison de disques Warner Bros. Il en est partiellement libéré en 1996, puis totalement en 2000, et reprend alors son pseudonyme d'origine,. Il signe un nouvel accord avec la firme en 2014, qui lui permet, en principe, de devenir propriétaire de ses enregistrements Warner .

Il est l'un des premiers à expérimenter la diffusion de la musique par Internet avant de s'en distancier.

Sa célébrité s'étend principalement de 1982 à 1994, soit de l'album 1999 à la chanson The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. Prince connaît un regain de popularité à partir de 2004, année de son intronisation au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, et de la parution du recueil Musicology, écoulé à deux millions d'exemplaires aux États-Unis. Son interprétation, sous une pluie battante, du titre Purple Rain, à la mi-temps du Super Bowl XLI le 4 février 2007 à Miami, est généralement considérée comme un des plus grands moments de ces traditionnelles prestations musicales annuelles, données au centre de la pelouse devant des dizaines de milliers de spectateurs et des millions de téléspectateurs.

Il a vendu, selon les estimations, entre soixante et un et plus de quatre-vingts millions de disques dans le monde,. Il est retrouvé mort dans un ascenseur de son complexe de Paisley Park, victime à 57 ans d'une overdose de médicaments anti-douleur. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. juin 1958 – 21. avril 2016
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Prince: Citations en anglais

“I want to live life to the ultimate high,
Maybe I'll die young like heroes die,
Maybe I'll kiss you some wild special way.
If nobody kills me or thrills me soon,
I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon.”

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Under the Cherry Moon
Song lyrics, Parade Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

“But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.”

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1999
Song lyrics, 1999 (1982)
Source: 1999 (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Contexte: I was dreamin' when I wrote this
So sue me if I go 2 fast.
But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant 2 last.
War is all around us, my mind says prepare 2 fight
So if I gotta die I'm gonna listen 2 my body tonight.Yeah, they say two thousand zero zero party over,
oops out of time
So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999.

“I just can't believe all the things people say -- Controversy
Am I black or white? Am I straight or gay? -- Controversy
Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me?”

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Controversy
Song lyrics, Controversy (1981)

“The internet's completely over. […] The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.”

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Daily Mirror: Prince - world exclusive interview: Peter Willis goes inside the star's secret world http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/07/05/prince-world-exclusive-interview-peter-willis-goes-inside-the-star-s-secret-world-115875-22382552/ (5 July 2010)

“Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
2 get through this thing called life.Electric word life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here 2 tell U
There's something else:
The afterworld.A world of never ending happiness
U can always see the sun, day or night.”

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Let's Go Crazy
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)

“Gett off - 23 positions in a 1 night stand.
Gett off - I'll only call u after if u say I can.
Gett off - let a woman be a woman and a man be a man.
Gett off - I u want 2 baby here I am”

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Here I am
Gett Off
Song lyrics, Diamonds and Pearls (1991)

“You can live your own life and I'll live mine
I will never try to keep you down
And even if I only see you some of the time
I'm just happy when you come around
And even if the sun don't shine
I'm warm enough when you're in these arms of mine
Just as long as we're together.”

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Just as Long as We're Together
Song lyrics, For You (1978)

“I’ve never seen the moon look so lovely as the night I saw it with you.
It let me know I’d never seen the moon before. (Never seen the moon before)
So many speak of the moon as though it had no flaws.
But to compare it to a beauty like yours would give one pause.”

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Call My Name
Song lyrics, Musicology (2004)

“I'm not a woman;
I'm not a man.
I am something that U'll never understand.
I'll never beat U;
I'll never lie.
And if U're evil I'll forgive U by and by.”

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I Would Die 4 U
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)

“Chris Rock: I love the story of how you turned down an offer to appear in Michael Jackson's music video for, Bad.
Prince: You know that Wesley Snipes character? That would've been me. Now you run that video in your mind. The first line in that song is "your butt is mine." Now I said to Michael, who's gonna sing that to whom? 'Cause you sure ain't singing it to me and I sure ain't singing it to you so right there we got a problem.”

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VH1 interview (1997) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9ZN9nKQqe0

“And I said, baby don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind
U wouldn't be satisfied with a one night stand
And I could never take the place of your man.”

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I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Song lyrics, Sign O' the Times (1987)

“Happiness in it's uncut form
Is the feeling that I get, you're warm, warm
Happy's what I get when we do what we do
Happiness, mama, is being with u
Good lord.”

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Girls & Boys
Song lyrics, Parade Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

“U walked in (I walked in)
I woke up (U woke up)
I never seen a pretty girl look so tough' baby (baby)
U got that look, yes U do (yes U do)
Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback, baby
Crucial, I think I wantcha.”

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U Got the Look
Song lyrics, Sign O' the Times (1987)

“I'm going down 2 Alphabet Street
I'm gonna crown the first girl that I meet
I'm gonna talk so sexy
She'll want me from my head 2 my feet.”

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Alphabet St.
Song lyrics, Lovesexy (1988)

“I was workin' part-time in a 5-and-dime.
My boss was Mr. McGee, huh.
He told me several… times
That he didn't like my kind cuz I was a bit 2 leisurely.
It seems that I was busy doin' somethin' close 2 nothin',
But different than the day before
That's when I saw her, ooh, I saw her,
She walked in through the out door …out door.She wore a raspberry beret
The kind U find in a second hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret
I think I love her.”

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Raspberry Beret
Song lyrics, Around the World in a Day (1985)

“Now where I come from
We don't let society
Tell us how it's supposed to be
Our clothes, our hair
We don't care
It's all about being there
Everybody's going Uptown
That's where I wanna be
Uptown
Set your mind free.”

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Uptown
Song lyrics, Dirty Mind (1980)

“There is a park that is known
4 the face it attracts
colorful people whose hair
On 1 side is swept back
The smile on their faces
It speaks of profound inner peace
Ask where they're going
They'll tell U nowhere
They've taken a lifetime lease
On Paisley Park.”

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Paisley Park
Song lyrics, Around the World in a Day (1985)

“Could you be
The most beautiful girl in the world?
Could you be?
It's plain to see.
You're the reason that God made a girl.
Oh, yes, you are.”

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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Song lyrics, The Gold Experience (1995)

“U don't have 2 be rich
2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool
2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your
Kiss.”

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Kiss
Song lyrics, Parade Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

“Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me?
Some people wanna die so they can be free
(I said) Life is just a game, we're all just the same…do you wanna play?”

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Controversy
Song lyrics, Controversy (1981)

“It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.”

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Tavis Smiley Show, PBS http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200904/20090427_prince.html (April 27, 2009).

“Dr. Everything'll Be Alright will make everything go wrong
Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill
Hang tough children.”

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Let's Go Crazy
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)

“This feeling's so good in every single way,
I want it morning, noon and night of every day;
And if by chance i cannot have it I can't say
But with it I know heaven's just a kiss away.”

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Lovesexy
Song lyrics, Lovesexy (1988)

“Pop life
Everybody needs a thrill
Pop life
We all got a space 2 fill
Pop life
Everybody can't be on top
But life it ain't real funky
Unless it's got that pop
Dig it.”

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Pop Life
Song lyrics, Around the World in a Day (1985)

“I never meant 2 cause u any sorrow
I never meant 2 cause u any pain
I only wanted 2 one time see u laughing
I only wanted 2 see u laughing in the purple rain.”

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Purple Rain
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)

“I've seen the future and it will be
I've seen the future and it works
If there's life after, we will see
So I can't go like a jerk
Systematic overthrow of the underclass
Hollywood conjures images of the past
New world needs spirituality that will last
I've seen the future and it will be.”

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The Future
Song lyrics, Batman (1989)

“I guess I shoulda closed my eyes
When U drove me 2 the place
Where your horses run free.
'Cuz I felt a little ill
When I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me.Believe it or not,
I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class.
But it was Saturday night
I guess that makes it all right
And U say, "Baby, have U got enough gas?"”

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Little Red Corvette
Song lyrics, 1999 (1982)

“It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more”

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Somebody's Somebody, written by Prince, Brenda Lee Eager, and Hilliard Wilson
Song lyrics, Emancipation (1996)

“I knew a girl named Nikki
I guess U could say she was a sex fiend
I met her in a hotel lobby
Masturbating with a magazine.
She said "How'd U like 2 waste some time?"
And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind.”

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Darling Nikki
Song lyrics, Purple Rain (1984)

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