Prince () von Matt Thorne

List of Illustrations 

Prologue: Come 2 My House (Part 1)

1 Justifications from a Mamma-Jamma

2 The Business of Music

3 Wouldn’t You Love to Love Me?

4 Still Waiting

5 Creating Uptown

6 Gigolos Get Lonely Too (Part 1) 73 7 Royal Jewels 

8 Nikki’s Castle 

9 There Aren’t Any Rules 

10 New Position 

11 Roadhouse Garden and Songs for Susannah 

12 The Story of a Man I Am Not 

13 Rebirth of the Flesh 

14 Crystal Ball . . . 

15 . . . Or Sign o’ the Times? 

16 For Those of U on Valium . . . 

17 Spooky and All That He Crawls for . . . 

18 Cross the Line 

19 Dance with the Devil 

20 What’s Wrong with Graffiti Bridge? 

21 Gigolos Get Lonely Too (Part 2) 

22 Playing Strip Pool with Vanessa 

23 The Chains of Turin 

24 Part I: Introducing the Friction Years 

25 Part 2: ‘It Was Just About Needing to Get It

Done . . .’ 

26 Part 3: ‘All I Gotta Do Is Sell a Million and I Can

Quit . . .’ 

27 Wasted Kisses . . . 

28 . . . And Missed Opportunities 

29 Join My Club 

30 New Directions in Music 

31 True Funk Soldier 

32 Come 2 My House (Part 2) 

33 21 Nights in London: A Fan’s Notes 

34 Gigolos Get Lonely Too (Part 3) 

35 An Entirely New Galaxy Awaits . . . 

36 Ending Endlessly 

Epilogue: Living Out Loud 

Afterword to the American Edition 

Acknowledgements 

Bibliography 

Notes 

Illustration Credits 

General Index

Index of Works by Prince 

About the Author