"As a person, Prince taught me to follow my heart…to listen to that voice in your head that tells you to do things a certain way, even when the whole world tells you otherwise. To stand your ground if you know you’re right."
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After his journey back to Paisley Park in September 2016, Nick started making more replica guitars, if nothing else, to soften the grief of losing his musical hero. “I gifted a few to people I've met, and now I'm basically making my way through all his most notable guitars and instruments. It's a complete joy.”
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Prince Rogers Nelson was born to create music; in his own words he said, “I am music”. Debate it if you want but don’t bother trying to convince singer/songwriter Gail George it isn’t so. The life and music of Prince has fueled her creative fire, but like so many it was his death that fanned the flame and brought her to a place of surrender, where she faced her fears and those things that have held her back in her life and work.
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"Prince taught her how to respect herself, too. She watched the way he handled himself, and she took notes. 'Once at Paisley Park when he came up to play guitar, someone had stolen all his guitar pics; he didn’t say anything or get visibly upset. He just set his guitar down and walked away. Respect was so important to him. He didn’t put up with people disrespecting him. I learned a lot from that.'"
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"This small group of 15-16-year old boys waited around with a little hope that at some point Prince would emerge. Nothing ventured, nothing gained they reasoned and alas, their persistence paid off!"
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"Well, it was clear someone was enjoying her cheesecake, but it became evident at a Paisley Park dance party when “someone” made himself known. “Prince came out of nowhere and walked past me,” Vanessa recounts. “He said to me, ‘Vanessa, what’s for dessert?’ with a big grin, and before I realized what had just happened, poof, he disappeared. He was so darn fast walking around Paisley!”
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"Clearly, I am a huge fan of Prince's music. Friends and family question the sanity of leaping on a plane to go and see '...just another bloody Prince gig.' 'Matthew, isn't it a bit obsessive to travel across the world and see him yet again?'
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"'All I could do was stare at the screen. What I had just discovered was that Prince and I are fourth cousins!' Seconds later, her heart hit the floor as she realized she would never have the chance to meet him."
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"Paisley Park, Prince said, is in our hearts. It’s a place…a beautiful, magical place, but it is also a way of life and a state of mind. The stories I'm sharing are coming from a diverse group of people; some worked with and for Prince while others connected with him through his true passion: His Music.
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"Prince is playing during the concert and he goes to turn around and in doing so he almost whacks me in the face with his guitar! We're both laughing with each other as he's just watched me swerve to avoid it. There and then he stops the song, grabs my arm, pulls me on stage and says to me, ‘Dance like me.’"
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