Anil Dash on Nostr: It's not surprising that Prince might have been reticent to talk about the process of ...
It's not surprising that Prince might have been reticent to talk about the process of creating such an unusually personal song, which goes deep (in its chorus, no less!) into his relationship with his parents and his own insecurities. But as Duane Tudahl notes in his extraordinary book about Prince's studio sessions of the era, Prince was also coming off having been blanked at the Grammys the night before (it would be Michael Jackson's record-breaking night for Thriller).
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