Comments by "christine paris" (@christineparis5607) on "Prince: Music Royalty" video.

Prince recorded at Larabee studios for awhile in the early 90s, where my husband worked as an engineer and I worked the desk up front sometimes. He was a very intense and brilliant artist. He would go into the studio early in the day, and work around the clock. He had Paisley Park then, but I guess had business in LA or had agreed to use the studio or something. He was always completely dressed up as if for a event, even in the studios, which was kind of unusual sometimes. I don't think he was ever not PRINCE. It was his shield. People were scared to death of him, but I never heard of him being rude to people, he just had a lot of power and his talent for writing hit song for other artists was unbelievable...
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@jakejakec5977 I don't think, personally, that Prince was rude. I saw him a lot, and he was always quiet and soft spoken, even when asking for a favor. He never had huge bodyguards unless he was going out, because so many people stalked him, threatened him and wanted to meet him. I know that there are a lot of people who probably felt insulted because he didn't want to talk to them, but he was very used to being stared at, and just ignored it. He and his entourage always dressed up when going out, because they were always on show out in public. If they didn't, they would never hear the end of how they "didn't make an effort", or "looked terrible in real life". I was around a ton of big stars in the 90s, and you cannot imagine the horrendous things the average person would walk up and say to them. Most people just blurt out unbelievably rude opinions on the famous persons looks, clothes, life, partners and choices. It gets old, so stars are forced to keep a distance. They are also always being stalked by unbalanced persons, which they try to keep quiet about, because stalkers LOVE to think that they are noticed and talked about. If some guy was too close and staring obsessively at Prince, want them to leave before they did anything scary. It's so easy to judge if you weren't there, but you can't imagine the awful crap they have to endure all the time. I was interested in show business when I started there, but I very quickly decided that the life, if you are successful at all, is awful, constricting and dangerous. You are never really alone, or safe. I just don't see how anyone could stand it...
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@thebrand5184 You are so excited by the thought of all the demons working Prince over in the afterlife, that it must be a kink for you? Do you often fantasize about demons and hell? It's pretty obvious you are thinking more about the "dark" side, and what goes on there, then about jesus or heaven. I think you need saving more than Prince did. At least he wasn't pretending to be a Christian while secretly fetishizing the devil...
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@thebrand5184 It's just my opinion and I'm not a Prince fan, I just worked with him, I have a lot of opinions on people I worked with, a lot of them happened to be famous. The only way you could "know" hes in hell is if you've been there yourself.
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Mark Hays He wrote for fifty other artists who had huge hits from his genius. I doubt you're qualified to judge his music, but you're entitled to your opinion.
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@thebrand5184 You don't seem to know anything about him. I certainly didn't, I just worked there and shared an anecdote on what I noticed, and my personal opinion. He wrote a huge number of songs for different artists, which is very unusual. He was a Jehovahs Witness and stayed with his church his whole life. I don't like christianity myself because it's full of people like you: smug, judgemental, intolerant, rude and insensitive. Your only goal is to try and prove to everyone how you are above everyone else. If the meek inherit the earth, you'll be burning in hell....
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