I like Prince. Strike that, I have really enjoyed some of his stuff, mostly the Purple Rain era and mostly becuase of when I heard it / being in a youthful, formative period.
He's creative and quite an entertainer.
That said, I've listened to his interviews over the years and of course recently. Like many artists/famous people, I just dont see him as being as deep as he portrays. Rick Ocasic (sp?) of the Cars once said in an interview, he just makes stuff up so the lyrics fit the flow of the melody of the song. I wouldnt doubt for a second if he wrote it attempting to be all metaphorical and deep, and then later noticed it "could have" meant something else "better" and ran with that story.
PRain is I think, a classic because of the genre and the era. To me.
It's just music & art. Room for all sorts of flavors.
