In honor of my favorite Halloween outfit ever (see above) here are some Prince facts you may not have known about.
- He wrote his first song when he was 7.
- He danced with James Brown when he was 10.
- He once was so poor he used to go by the local McDonalds just to smell the food.
- He refused to be produced by Earth, Wind and Fire.
-He played everything on the The Times debut album.
- Michael Jackson's "Bad" was supposed to be a duet with him.
- He almost gave "Kiss" away
- He scrapped the final record with his group The Revolution.
- He was set to release an entire album as a woman. (No lie, her name was Camile)
- He thought his own album "The Black Album" was evil.
- He only did the Batman soundtrack because he was in love with Kim Basinger.
- He wanted Kevin Smith to direct a "Rainbow Children" movie. (this story is too good not to share)
"Kevin Smith contacted Prince with the hopes of using his song "The Most Beautiful Girl In the World" In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, but the singer declined. He did however, try to convince Smith to film a movie that would include footage of Prince and his band performing material from The Rainbow Children and overtly Christian messages spelled out on the screen such as "Jesus Christ is the son of God". Smith filmed hours of footage at Paisley Park but dropped out when he realized that the project was intended to be a recruitment film for Jehovah's Witnesses".
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