Prince is looking his shoe size, not his age!
The meticulously private GOAT snagged a very, very rare appearance on a magazine cover, and the lucky contender was none other than Billboard. The mag got not only a cover shoot from the 54-year-old artist, but also a very rare interview.
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The cover features Prince – illusively as per his usual – in a pair of glasses Lady Gaga would covet, shielding his face and looking no older than he did in the eighties.
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There haven’t been many interviews with Prince, but we actually learned a few things about just how he escapes the spotlight: He lives in Minneapolis in obscurity. Prince’s $10 million recording studio in Paisley Park is located far from the music heavy New York, Atlanta and L.A., and all the socializations that come with each locale.
On Prince’s interview rules:
He remains adamant about not allowing reporters to record their conversations with him. (“Some in the past have taken my voice and sold it,” he says. “I can’t remember the incident that triggered it and it’s probably best that I don’t.”) And he still frowns at the idea of a reporter taking notes. (“That would be just like texting.”)
On Prince Being Proof that black doesn’t crack:
The ever-slender Prince-a strikingly ever-youthful advertisement for the maxim “black don’t crack”-is garbed in yellow pants and a long, oversized button-front white-and-yellow jersey emblazoned with “MPLS” on the front. His Afro is covered by an incongruous hat in the shape of a lion. His other eye-catching accessory: wedged silver shoes adorned with periodically flashing red lights. A full-fledged rock star, even in rehearsal.
Check out some more of the interview over at Billboard.
