Prince: the last interview and other conversations

✍ Scribed by Prince, Abdurraqib Hanif

• Publisher: Melville House
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 208
• Series: Last interview series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A collection of the very first, the very last, and the very best interviews conducted with Prince over his nearly 40-year career.

There is perhaps no musician who has had as much influence on the sound of contemporary American music than Prince. His pioneering compositions brought a variety of musical genres into a singular funky and virtuosic sound. In this remarkable collection, and with his signature mix of seduction and demur, the late visionary reflects on his artistry, identity, and the sacrifices and soul-searching it took to stay true to himself.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction / by Hanif Abdurraqib --
Nelson finds it "hard to become known" / interview with Lisa Crawford, Central High Pioneer, April 1976 --
Prince / interview with Lisa Hendricksson, Minnesota Daily, April 1977 --
A dirty mind comes clean / interview with Andy Schwartz, New York Rocker, June 1981 --
Prince's first ever interview for television / interview with Steve Fargnoli, MTV, November 15, 1985 --
Pleased to meet you... / interview with Adrian Deevoy, Q Magazine, July 1994 --
A Prince of a guy / interview with Catherine Censor Shemo, Vegetarian Times, October 1997 --
Sites o' the times / interview with Ben Greenman, Yahoo! Internet Life, October 1997 --
Soup with Prince / interview with Claire Hoffman, The New Yorker, November 2008 --
A final visit with Prince : Rolling Stone's lost cover story / interview with Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, January 2014 --
The last interview : "Transcendence. That's what you want. When that happens oh, boy" / interview with Alexis Petridis, The Guardian, November 2015.

✦ Subjects

Music;Nonfiction;Biography;Writing;Essays