Prince interview with his father and sister - Current Affair February 1991 BEST QUALITY ON YOUTUBE 

Yes, you're right because he wouldn't do interviews when he first became a star and it drove them the media that is, crazy. They hated that he was so private, I remember that American Bandstand show where Dick Clark was trying to talk to him after he performed and he striggled to speak to Dick Clark in that interview he was so extremely shy. Dick Clark said it was his worse and most painful interview.😆 But I get a kick out of his father. I think he's funny, he would have made a nice jazz musician, his Pops, because that's all the type of music he seemed to play.

Prince' Dad was a great musician.

Totally agree.

Exactly!

Exactly

.... Sharon is the gal 'Sister' was written about, right?

​@@groofootNope. It was song written for shock value.

That may be true, but a lot of sources have said that it's a true story .... about something which happened when Prince visited New York at age 16 .....@@stephaniemeals4983 ....

​@@groofoot This is correct.

Prince of darkness is satan

Me neither... I don't think this is true😮

He has never been called that, by anybody, anywhere, ever.

It’s so untrue that I laughed. 😂

Same here. I thought they called Ozzy Osborne “the prince of darkness”.

@@eveie210True.

Lol

Wow your so lost 😢 prince sold his soul for fame and fortune just like all the rest !!!! Wake up people we are not this lost come on now 💔🙏 listen to the words of his music then understand Lucifer was created by God with musical instruments made into his being he was head over all music in heaven !!!!!!!!!!! Our Bible says so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Prince of darkness is exactly who he worshipped 😢💔🙏

@@bethlewis8731 And I’ll bet you only know half of the lyrics to Purple Rain. Quick - what are the lyrics to The Cross? How about The Ladder? Don’t know, huh? You know who the real devils are? Judgmental people who cannot think for themselves. People like that typically follow televangelists and predatory-preachers who brainwash them into thinking everything outside of their “blessed” prayer cloths and anointing oil are sinful. Why? Because they want to line their pockets with your hard earned money and push their own agenda. As for the musical instruments you mentioned, the Bible is loaded with references to praising God with instruments - cymbals, bells, harps, trumpets, flutes, drums, etc. God made those instruments, not satan. Beth, stop listening to Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, and Paula White and think for yourself. Develop your own relationship with God, The Great Creator, or whomever you claim to follow.

Exactly!

I would like to see pictures of John Nelson when he was younger.

​@@garysmith8073I've seen them. He was a handsome man. It's where Prince got his swag from.

Prince has his mother's eyes, smile, and most of her looks.. he clearly inherited his father's mouth and lips plus his mannerisms which surprised me.

I agree. The interviewer was an azz.

I was wondering when somebody would say something about that

Yep, that tone was condescending, like most colonizer interview tones.

Thank you for pointing that out. I was looking to see if I was the only one who felt some kinda way about the tone of the interviewer. I found it condescending and demeaning.

Good point, never thought of it like that

This was respectful and they spoke highly of him

How did they stab him in the back??? They spoke lovingly about him. There were so many rumors about Prince during this time, I'm glad they did this interview to normalize Prince💜

😢Facts .

No not only the famous it’s the norm

Not just when your famous

Amen...family keep your mouth shut.😢

It sounded like something God would say play something for me on piano..........it made me cringe it was so beautiful. Now I know why Prince was so talented, he is a prodigy of his own father........

Sorry but his dad is rambling on the piano !!! Prince actually made music Just being honest

​@@timragland1858exactly

Someone doesn't understand Mr. Nelson. The guy could play and Prince picked up where he left off.@@timragland1858

Strong accurate fingers tho.

Not at all !!! Prince made music but his dad is just rambling on the piano

Yes, the music just flowed from his dad all the time the way he talks, moves and plays….. a genius in his on right

Exactly it takes nothing away from him. I like what they had to say about him. I'm also glad that I'm not tall.

I dunno. It sounded to me like they were speaking well of themselves and their influence on Prince's work. His father, though talented didn't have his son's wherewithal to make it work on a massive scale. Influential, absolutely, but it was Prince himself that took some of their basic snippets that he observed and made his own masterpiece. In a way, it's almost as if his tremendous success was a bit of an F.U to his family for their abandonment at such a young age, but like all abused or abandoned children, they keep longing for acceptance from the very parent/s who abandoned them. Thus upon gaining fortune, which the family seemed to enjoy, it seems he made a choice. Love or hate. Doing that can be a tough decision and take some interesting soul searching. It would appear he chose love. But what do I know?

@@kirlygirl7863 good words.

@@kirlygirl7863 I can appreciate your POV So what do you know ☝🏻you know what you know 🫂

That doesn't make sense.

@@derouen1234 which part? John was not in the home to teach Prince everything he knows about music or Prince’s half sister does not know him as well as she says because Prince was not raised with his half sister, just Tyka?

@@trevorthetherapist4200 you're right because the half sister making a lot of this stuff up about him. If she really knew him she would know that Vanity aka Denise Mathews was his true love interest. Also, Appollonia said that she was never involved with him romantically, that it was just business because when she made Purple Rain with him she was dating David Roth of Van Halen. So, a lot lies here in this interview.

@@tubucoco That was my take. A lot of what she was saying seemed like pure speculation, but she is acting like he confided in her? Yeah right.

Sharon was one of PRINCE’S Father’s children by a previous wife. DELLA SHAW was a bit younger than her husband, who had been married and had children before (and after) their marriage. I would love to know more about his Mom, and her twin sister, MATTIE.

Prince and Sheila E both have Louisiana Creole heritage

Your argument does not hold water because there are a lot of dark-skinned black entertainers and no one questions their blackness. Prince genuinely looked bi-racial. Yes, I said that. He obviously comes from a Creole background--having Louisiana roots and all.

​@@opensprings Nope.

@@jdfodio All four of Prince's grandparents were born in Louisiana.

African American is a misnomer.and black means dead in law according to the black law dictionary. Most so called black Americans are indigenous

They were insisting cuz he put that narrative out there back then. At that time, many of us wanted to be biracial and ran away from being black. We wasn't so proud then.

He was

​@@lauraveney1412Once again you talkin shit again!

How do you know, did you know him?!🤨

He was preparing him for fame,

@@Pirrelli8 Bull! At 12 years old, he should have been preparing him for Puberty (and how to control his prepubescent sexual impulses).🙄

@@Pirrelli8 He was 12…A child, not even a teenager yet. His father should’ve been making sure he was home, fed, and had his homework finished and ready for school the next day. That’s just irresponsible and abusive.

Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

@@newwave80skid Not necessarily. It just doesn’t Kill You. (At least not right away.)

JW believe in a paradise on Earth

Neither of them are in heaven, they are in their graves until Jesus returns

Toxic!

You can't serve two masters,he didn't for God,when he was living.

​@@NevillecharlesultdWhatever. 👎

Exactly, those notes and rhythms timing, it sounds “heavenly.........”

Dearly beloved.........nice selection,

not just his dad but everyone around him as he grew up he picked up eveything from them.

🙏🏾🤔YES‼️

Would also say, Wendy and Lisa were like his musical sisters.They made some real gems for the earth to enjoy.

@@Pirrelli8 agreed 100%

I know, that was lame of her to say that lol.

Metallica fans said the same thing about "Prince's The Black album"

Lol Ozzy Osbourne is the prince of darkness, no?

@@nakahn9106 Ozzy wasn't called that before the 90s. Prince was called first The Prince of Darkness and his 1988 unreleased album with no name, was called The Black album before Metallica's Black album with no name. Facts.

@@horrorpowerfilms9481That's not true. The moniker The Prince of Darkness was put on Ozzy Osbourne in 1970, shortly after Black Sabbath's 1st album came out (It was released on Friday the 13th, February, 1970). That name has stuck to him ever since, and he's done many interviews about it, stating that he doesn't mind being called that. THOSE are the facts, not yours. Facts.

But he got married to Gloria Foster until her untimely passing.

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Nobody's jealous of that little clown, stop.

Dads are not jealous of there sons.women are jealous of daughters. I think Prince may have been resentful of his father. A lot of sons resent their fathers. I think that maybe they should have been closer but I don't know them maybe they were closer than the public knew.

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You're not his family at the end of the day.

Oh pLEASE, as a parent I have a right to tell my story about my child. Glad they gave insight to how he was influenced early on. What is the point in trying to cover this up.

Have SEVERAL seats!

I absolutely agree @sherrylee5625 This is a disgusting display of selfish greed!

​@mspinkytee As a parent, you have a duty to respect your adult child's request to keep your stories *about him* to yourself.

He literally had a big falling out with his dad and half sister over this interview.

Really? I see nothing but jealousy.

@@lauraveney1412 Thank you. It obvious why Prince would dislike what they both said.

​@@reginafris6822Really, I see that you're not his family and never will be!

​@@reginafris6822And it's obvious you're not his family!

I hope pay his father some royalties

Computer Blue

Scandalous

I noticed that too. If that's Tucker Carlson then that explains the disrespect.

He still should've had a will for something to go to somebody if not his family. He shouldn't have been preaching about ownership when he didn't have his shit together.

With all the lawyers friends prince had , it made no sense him not having a will. Prince estate paid lawyers $38 million dollars. For just one round of legal fees. Stupid and a waste of money.

Prince Dad and his Mom are from North Louisiana and migrated to Minnesota

Yeah, pretending you know about your half brother's love relationships (eye roll), who you weren't even raised with, and the backstabber pretending he wrote his son's most famous song is SOOOOOO respectful. The dude can't sing, and he sure didn't play the guitar, base and drums. Prince kept them all at an arm's distance for good reason. It amazes me some people on this thread can't read between the lines. Prince was raised from the age of 12 on by Bernadette Anderson, Andre Cymone's mom. His dad left when he was 7, and Prince taught himself piano on the instrument John abandoned when he deserted them. His mom remarried a man, Hayward, who did not like Prince, and was never a fan. The only person A Current Affair should have been interviewing and paying was Bernadette, who encouraged and supported his dreams, and whom Prince remained close to until her death. She's even in the lyrics of "The Sacrifice of Victor": Education got important so important to Victor A little more important than ripple and weed Bernadette's a lady and she told me (What she say?) "Whatever you do son A little discipline is what you need Is what you need, you need to sacrifice" We sacrifice. " Prince should have written a song about his own family called "The Dysfunctional Ones-They'll Hurt You Every Time."

Naa the person interviewing him was being disrespectful and condescending the whole time.

@@reginafris6822exactly!! Very disrespectful. I know people hate mayte but it seems like she was right about that part of her book about him having some problems with his father about his music. He should be proud of prince for writing purple rain,plus didn’t Wendy came up with that one cool guitar riff in purple rain? So why didn’t he gave his son credit and as well as Wendy and everyone else in the band. It seems like he only cared to say that prince got his talent from him and maybe he did inherited that from his father but prince did teach himself how to play many instruments. What I don’t understand is how his family did that to him? I mean he treated his dad right and bought him a house and helped them out,so why do him like that and not respect his privacy. Specially with his sister saying that prince didn’t wanted her to do this interview. They abused his boundaries and took advantage of a few minutes of fame by saying yes to an interview. No wonder why he preferred to stay with Andre and his family. Seeing this interview makes me sad and curious as to how his family actually treated him or did they became envious of him once he became rich and popular. It makes me sad because his family acted so nice about prince when he died but yet a lot of weird things were said by his biological sister about how she was already prepared for him to pass away. So strange,but hey in his book he seems to have good memories towards his father. Hopefully him and his father were able to fix things before his father died.

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 INDEED 😎NOW ONE CAN SEE WHERE PRINCE GOT IT ALL

He was something else.🤨

​​@@truthbetold6011How do you know, did you know him notruthnotbetold?! 🤨

You can definitely see and hear that’s his DAD

PRINCE dad wanted the best for his son what he did by putting him out for having sex in the house just proved tough love for not following the rules kinda harsh maybe but that's tough love ❤ one thing that is certain PRINCE SPOKE LOVINGLY ABOUT HIS FATHER'S STERN APPROACH RELATIVE TO SEE HIS SON MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF HIS ABILITY WITH NO INTERFERENCE 🎶🎶🎶 IT WAS ABOUT THE MUSIC AND BEING BETTER THAN HIMSELF CREAM OF THE CROP👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤷🏽

Happy to share

It don't matter, it's his sister at the day. If anybody is irrelevant it's you! Are you over or even a part of the Prince estate? No, she is!

I found nothing distasteful with the interview nothing at all except for his sister saying "PRINCE OF DARKNESS" FOR THERE WAS NOTHING DARK ABOUT PRINCE PRINCE SAID HIMSELF THAT HE ONLY GOT ABOUT 3-4 HOURS OF SLEEP SO FOR HIS SLEEP ROUTINE SUNLIGHT WOULD HAVE STOLEN HIS RHYTHM 🤷🏽 UMMMPH 🤔

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They can talk if they want to! It didn't do shit to Prince's reputation or career!

​@@druscillalee2183Some people might get offended by this, but so what. That part of him wanting to be in dark spaces was probably because he didn't want to be exposed to sunlight to stay lightskinned. I believe that was a factor of what got him ahead and I think he thought so too.

@@stephaniemeals4983 huhhhh what's up with that comment 🤷🏽👎🏾

Right but I think this sheds a whole bunch of light where prince got his musicality from and style and why. That's what I learned anyway.

I saw the original broadcast and tough "there was nothing controversial about this"

o SHUT UP!!!! HE DIDNT WANT ANYONE TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE, IT WASNT HER PLACE GOOD OR BAD TO SPEAK ON HIM!!!! AND PRINCE OF DARKNESS?? REALLY!!!!

@@rochelleduell5874 But people can say what they want though, like you just did. Nobody has to shut up, and Prince couldn't shut anybody up. He wasn't powerful, although he tried to pretend as if he was.🤷🏽

I agree. But you have to admit, his musical genius was probably Somewhat inherited from both his parents, who were entertainers. He just Perfected it.💜🕊️

@@joiisler8986 hell yeah he had the right genetics thats for sure!!! I think the father could have done more than just play in strip clubs also.

😂😂😂

#facts always looking for anything to feel closer to him 💜

She is full of it 😂

Everyone carry grief in their own ways and no one knows why she did not attend PRINCE FUNERAL IF THAT IS EVEN TRUE 🤷🏽DON'T BE QUICK TO JUDGE AS TO PRINCE LEFT BEHIND LEGACY IT BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF PRINCE FAMILY IS FAMILY UMMMPH IF IT IS ABOUT MONEY SO BE IT EVERY BODY SEEMS TO BE DIGGING INTO THE MONEY POT OF PRINCE 🤷🏽 UMMMPH 🤔🧐 UMMMM

Go read the court files that sister is the worst

@@lauraveney1412 I didn't know that there are open court files and really I don't have to know 😔 the ugly

@@lauraveney1412 thanks I will!

💜Very & Absolutely💯💜

That’s not what this interview just displayed

@JayBelafonte I agree with the other commenters: Prince was private. They did not respect his privacy.

@@reginafris6822 they have lives too, Prince can’t control everyone. That’s narcissistic type of behavior. A lot of people have no clue Princes father was a musician and that he was heavily influenced by him.

@@JayBelafonte The narcissists are the two who are blabbing to the gossip channel for money, and for a spotlight they never earned. Most fans know that Prince's dad did not teach him to play. He taught himself when his dad left the piano behind after leaving Prince's mom. Sharon was his half sister, who put him up for one summer while he was looking for a record deal in NYC for a few months, and didn't get what he wanted, so he left, and then signed with WB, with the help Owen Husney. Sharon was was not raised with him. She is the child of John's first wife, not Mattie Shaw. If my brother told a TV journalist I had "a nice little body" I would never speak to him again. It is utterly creepy. John Nelson also had no part in the composition of Purple Rain, and probably little to do with either Computer Blue or Scandalous. Prince gave him writing credits so he'd have some money, and let him live in the original Purple House. I will never buy into the myth that his family was supportive of Prince; it was the other way around. Sharon admits she deliberately went against his wishes to dish on mostly inaccurate information. What a wench. Another loser sibling was Lorna, Sharon's full sister, who sued Prince for some phony copyright claim and LOST. I wish he'd written a will that disinherited that whole clan of users. Talk about dysfunctional.

@@JayBelafonte Bullshit. Prince paraded his dad's ass around in the early 80's. . Took him to award ceremonies, gave him writing credits that Prince's engineer Susan Rogers thought weren't even legit, let him hang out with his girlfriends, gave him a house to live in, honored him in several ways even up to the end of his own life (during his piano tour, he dedicated it to his dad). When Prince did an event in the midwest to promote Under the Cherry Moon that was televised on Mtv in 1986, his dad got to talk to the Mtv press at the event and his dad said "there would be no Prince without me"...technically, true, since he is his father, but he has never complimented his talent other than to remind folks of Prince's ability to see it in him. His dad hit his mother, left the family when prince was 7, after 12, basically ignored Prince as a kid unless Prince was making music. Prince lived in numerous homes growing up. When he was 17, he had to move from Andre Cymone's house to be closer to a recording studio so he lived with a friend named Paul Mitchell for 6 months. Paul said that not once did John come to visit and they all lived in Minneapolis...it's relatively small city. But when Prince got his record contract and went to record his first album in Sausilito, CA at 19, dad tailed along. He didn't owe his dad shit. Inside Edition is a damn tabloid. It's trash. If John wanted legit attention for his music, he shouldn't have done a show like that. They were being condescending. And he didn't write Purple Rain. John was an interesting musician with perfect memory but his compositions had no structure. When Wendy M was introduced to John and heard him play she was like "what the hell is this?".... Prince was like "I know its odd but watch this" and then he asked dad to play what seemed improvised again and he played it note for note. He had a weird kind of genius for memory but it was completely inaccessible and unmarketable musical rambling. As a father, John worked hard. He was a factory worker and played nights so I think he tried but he owed child support for two families. He had a rough childhood and was socially awkward but he wasn't a great father. He had 7 kids and most of them were screwed up. he could be sweet and funny but he wasn't consistent and could be super cryptic and say some fvcked up things. Also, he was unkind to his wives sometimes (even physically). Prince had a complicated relationship with him...sometimes estranged and angry at him, sometimes warm and putting him on a pedestal. JOhn was complicated like his son... so I don't hate him. Generational Trauma will do this kind of stuff. But Prince is not the villain here. His dad lived to be in 80's. His son's trauma cost him his life at 57.

It's his family and you are not!

You said it!

I thought the father came off as jealous and egotistical too

​@@jillmarsh8256What do you expect, he was mostly black.

His mom was the singer.

Daddy was a musician

Agree 100%

She passed in February, 2002. Six months after his Father.

His mom was a social worker

And Marvin Gaye's father as well. Sad.

Didn't she get paid since Prince didn't have a will?

​@@p.g.7974yes and the 3 siblings still dony call shots or own anything in pasiley