No. Prince was the musical genius, tenfold. He played 27+ instruments. Wrote the music, lyrics, and ran all of the equipment. Chances are, there a several songs you enjoy and have no idea he had a role in their creation. He was a vault full of unreleased material as well. Shame really.
Want a taste, check out this video of Prince, Petty, Winwood, Lynne, and George Harrison's son, paying tribute with My Guitar Gently Weeps. Some showmanship by Prince, but that was his style and his smile shows his lack of arrogance. You can't argue the skill and it doesn't even touch the pinnacle of his ability. Other musicians would visit him in the studio, hoping to jam, figuring they'd play "his music". Prince sat down and started ripping Led Zepplin, or whatever music the guest might be associated with. Just a cool cat really.
The story here, as Petty tells it, is that the adhoc band of greats met to practice for the awards show. As they played guitar gently weeps, Prince was to have a bit of a solo, but another guitarist played through and Prince just laid back. Afterwards, the producer was stressing, saying they had to do it again, so Prince could rehearse. Prince just shook it off and said, "it'll be fine". Indeed it was. If you don't watch the entire video, jump in around 3:11. Petty and Prince are polar opposites, one mellow, the other a showman, but Tom clearly appreciated what he was witnessing. Harrison Jr probably became a bus drive after watching Prince. George was probably looking down saying, "ok, that's enough of that!"
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Was goi g to say something similar, but would’ve done a worse job. Prince is a weirdo fàg, but undeniably had incredible talent. MJ not so much
