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Prince jumped off rafters, pianos, speakers...all sorts of things all in high heels, then he'd drop into a split and come back up. It's 100% logical that he'd damage his body over the years...and he did it for many years. I can't imagine what it felt like when his body started telling him no, because he was such a perfectionist and avid professional. Best all around entertainer for me...he had an amazing vocal range, wrote/composed/produced all his own music, danced incredibly and played an insane amount of instruments. I can't think of another artist who could do all that...
Amazing how much these artists go through wear and tear on their bodies performing. Prince sacrificed his life enduring all that pain for the love of music and his fans/friends. Much love and respect to him always. Thankyou Sheila for sharing your story. Love you. rip Prince
Another prediction.. Prince said he was, "gonna dance my life away.." in the song 1999, and he did. He gave it his complete all.. everything he had. Sad that he's gone & we all miss him, but what a ride he gave us!!
This is so heartbreaking to hear. I can't even imagine what it must to be like to be in pain all the time doing what you love. Prince wanted to be the best in music at the cost of his health. Sheila was good for taking a step back to care for herself. My sister's lungs collapsed last year and she spend two weeks in the hospital, it was so scary. The artists we love are unwittingly killing themselves by trying to do too much and stretching their bodies beyond their limits. Take care of you first.
Toni Wellons Nobody, can really a4d 2 do dat anymo. We have all bcum accustomed 2 certain levelz of success & many r fighting 2 maintain. NOBODY wantz 2 lose, & have stolen from them, whut they have fought 4, n da many yearz of work, n which they have ndeavored. N da past, our ILLustrious masterz, used warz 2 wipe many of us out, b4 we could figure-out their scamz. Now, many r pissed, azz they have lost their homez, their savingz, mayb their jobz, & they r living n carz. Just about all they have left 2 lose, iz their mindz. Da elite scam artistz, fear dat nstead of peephole going bonkerz, & them bein able 2 dscreetly deal wit em like dat, they fear da millionz of under-paid wage slavez, will rise-up & dmand justice! ( Dat meanz - rolling headz. ) N dfense, they have prepared dronez, FEMA campz, a HUGE wall 2 keep Americanz from escaping, & billionz of hi caliber bulletz. Prince, wuz a hi-profile, early casualty, of da looming war, I'm dscribing. Bcause many r easily swayed by da media, 2 blieve Prince O.D.ed, many will b persuaded by dat same media, dat their fellow Americanz, rn't being gunned down, by elitist henchmen. Or dat those people bein gunned down, r Mexican cartel terrorist! I won't b buyin da mess 4 a dollar. N FACT, I wouldn't spend 1 red cent, blievin it. MY OPINION
As a jewelry designer and seamstress for over 30 years i do understand!!! My fingers lock up, arthritis is bad and pain in my sleep!! One crippled foot from the years of heals! God bless all of you!
Prince was the best at performing, he enjoyed what he did and you could tell it was second nature to him,All that jumping off the stage playing all those different instruments had to take a toll on his body,Prince gave music his all you will forever be missed Rest in peace Prince.,I hope you're standing in the purple rain.☔☔☔
I just love her to the moon and back. Prince was one of a kind, he danced his heart out, and he paid the price with lots of pain. I so wish bands would take a doctor with them on tour just like football players or any other sports. What they do to their bodies is just as much of a work out as any sports player. Still missing the Prince!!
That comes to show as fans we expect so much from our idols. They hurt, they cry, and get very exhausted as we do when we have work and do a job. It's alot of pressure on celebs to be perfect without people saying negative things. We really really don't know the probpems they go through in private. People and critics and magazine poeple always got things to say about you. You got to be a strong person physically and emotionally to be famous. I love you Sheila E! Prince I also loved. What a beautiful showmanship he had! RIP my brotha. Peace.
3:40: "You guys don't need to know that we hurt every day. It's part of the gig." Take note, today's "artists" who cancel concerts at the drop of a hat. This is known as *work ethic*. Prince had it in spades.
We should know about the pain. Would you pay to see someone mess there body up?? If you want to hide the pain for fame and money you deserve all you get. You can't have it both ways. Prince was/is a legend but get real. Either we're the idiots for not realising what we make them endure because of our desires/wants OR they should be accountable for there own pain. If everybody cared more about themself and less about others we wouldn't have this BS mess of a world we live in. What example do you set for a knew born human to see one put themself 2nd. I want my child to put themself 1st! Only when your healthy can you fully engage in life around you. Be unhealthy, spend half your time trying to fix yourself while those around you suffer, well done, congratulations, now you have a life of misery and pain that you also burden others with. You think nature needs to be fixed by us haha. Nature will survive fine without our stupidity constantly intervening. You never even realise that humans are the ones suffering not animals... because your all brainwashed (like this Sheila) to put yourself 2nd and hide your true self for employment. Sad state of affairs. No wonder we're all fuc'd up! Carry on, blame anything but yourself. There is no music industry, just a big bunch of monkeys craving rhythm and willing to pay for other monkeys to suffer as long as they produce, end of!
Yeah, but that "work ethic " destroyed both of their bodies and the chronic pain took the life of Prince. It's not worth running your body into the ground for any reason. You will pay for it eventually.After a car accident, I tried to do everything I did before, trying to ignore the pain signals from my body telling me to stop. I completely screwed up my body and will suffer for life unable to participate in so many things. Put your health first, as you only have one body.
artists/performers deserve to take time to heal....for all they give us they have the right to do what they need to continue being able to produce. they’re humans not machines. don’t be selfish
Morris Day had a hip replacement and was so impressed with the results he tried to encouragement Prince to consider it. But of course Prince passed up his advice because he didn't want to risk taking a break from his schedule. After retiring and moving to a new location, I made a personal commitment to myself to stay on top of my health, so I visited the doc and took a physical. So far everything is good. MEN- don't take ANYTHING for granted, YOU do the same.
DaMayorOfNewYork - Hence the reason why Sheila E. underscored the importance of making one's health a top priority. The reports concerning the circumstances surrounding his death revealed that he had medical insurance. But he also had several homes in the surrounding Chanhausen suburbs, Paisley Park, and another luxury home out in Turks and Caicos as well as one outside of Toronto. He HAD money. Everyone who was in his inner circle claimed he was so focused on and committed to his fans and his live performances. So whereas he may have stretched his capitol too tightly, he always worked at a feverish pitch taking brief "rehab" breaks from his studio work at the bequest of his former wives. But it's been said: " Anyone who marries Prince has to accept the fact that his first "wife" is his music." No one expected him to quit, but it certainly wouldn't have killed him to slow down or take a much deserved break to see to his health.
DaMayorOfNewYork - Glad you shared that. Indeed, dude got in way over his head. He was perhaps the only musical artist who never regretted how his fame prevented him from a "normal" lifestyle that folks like you and I can enjoy such as walking out in public, going on vacation, getting out and enjoying the many cities he visited. To Prince - such a sheltered existence WAS his lifestyle. I couldn't believe he didn't have a will! I respected him as one of modern music's MOST incredible musicians but the decisions he made, made no sense to me.
So did Shelia....they each had replacement but Prince was Jehovah Whiteness and they cant do a replacement without a poss blood transfusion. He did have a scraping but that is only good for 6 months. A replacement would have ended all the pain right away.
She is awesome!! Quite a bit of pain and suffering in the entertainment world - but in the end, they all do what they love. It's a harsh reality that the body doesn't always cooperate.
Thank you for your insight everything she said is so true, Think about it,He was definitely a precious entertainer. Gave us such happiness and joy, RIP Prince you are missed
This is very sad about Prince! He became addictive to painkillers!! Both Prince and Shelia love to perform and did so much for the fans!! Thank you Shelia for your candid interview!!💜💜
Prince's musical catalog, both released and unreleased has aged like a fine wine. Funny how you develop a deeper appreciation for certain things as your senses and mind ages...the very same things that as a younger person you could not really processes the way you can now. Harmonically Prince knew exactly where and when to carefully place phrases, sequences and chunks of music and experimentation in the studio. You listen to songs like Pop Life, you feel emotions that you can't even describe with words - spectrums of feelings you can't really feel until you listen to ONLY Prince. His sound contained its own vocabulary of colors and feelings - like he created and owned his own color and sound palettes! His true genius is how different people have wildly-varying interpretations of these thoughts and emotions and how we all arrive at the same destination of fanship and love for him and his music!
Prince was physically dependent on painkillers, but I will never believe that he was abusing them. I believe he got a tolerance for them, and started to get them from others, possibly off the internet. He took medication having no idea fentanyl was in it. He only weighed 112 pounds at the time of his death. It probably took him over quickly. It breaks my heart that he died alone in an elevator.
jenny h According to the sister Tyka he told her 3 years ago that he was dying. I do believe he had a terminal illness and took the drugs to ease the pain
I do know all about that drug, I am very ill and I hated it, you never know you are on it, it is a very strange drug. When you take to much your lungs stop working and you don't even know you took to much. My heart goes out to him, so wish he would have gone to pain management because they take good care of you and watch how much you are given to the weight of your body.
DaMayorOfNewYork no. I used to be an alcoholic due to the fact that my father died when I was 27. How could i be prepare for that? But did I ever look forward to the booze? Now, i like one whiskey neat, maybe two if the night is late. But I had no friends back then and no support circle. Instead I am in Boston trying to figure out power of attorney and staying in a hotel in walking distance snd he had so much cancer. Brain tumor operated on twice and seeing the blood bags and seeing his cognition fail, and when... if we got that eradicated then we could move to the other organs and keep trying. These are the moments where you say "I need a drink". All the restaurants on the way back to hotel are bars, a drink becomes 3, becomes 6, becomes 9... because the only thing worse than that would be finishing the walk to the hotel, alone, wondering what worse than today tomorrow will bring. I was all off a sudden physically dependent. But, I dont consider myself and addict. i tried to start weening myself from booze on my own, i almost killed myself from sickness. I has seizures. I went to rehab only for 9 days, because after i survived under supervision there was a plan for every day. Ans the next week the ssme plan. And etc. And etc. Looking at people talking a out how they drank rubbing alcohol, or what they would do for one more hit of heroin while he had been there at rehab almost 2 months and received saboxone to keep them not craving and at first helps the opiod detox process, something alcoholics dont have the luxury of having, and this guy was there for two months and it hadnt sunk in. He want just one more hit still. Things like that made me realize my was physical, I was physically better, and I am not craving one more drink like guy two months later. I never had at my worst. I just had no one... bar v empty hotel room while you know you are about to lost not just your parent but your best friend. He was a frontman, and band leader, band member, songwriter, producer, and a few times an actor. And just the nicest guy. I never got to take him to Prince, but he took me to my first concert at 6, Paul McCartney. Then YES, then Bon Jovi, at least 60 shows together,,, never mind his own shows and if i were there it would turn into our show band be damned singing all our favorite beatles songs abd journey songs and whatever. But there i am, I had no one while watching the one i had... I never was someone who really liked alcohol and yet it took so long to remove myself from that dependency and i think Prince when through same thing. Not an addiction seeker. Physical dependency. I wa5a in show business and I did TV, I was in RENT and somehere around 20 other shows and i was always the lead. When shiela says it is a bitch even if it is the only thing that drives us. It is very true. I also went to the best children theater at the time and what is still the best arts high school in the cointry. Classes. Shows. Falling off a stage in a blackout but no one had put glowtape there yet. And many faceplants rehearsal. In one show where it was my last 3 shows before I left i got the worst laryngitis that i sounded like an old lady smoking cigarrettes through a tube in my throat but I had been carrying that show for months and it is close to my heart and if there was any way i would not be missing them. A doctor earlier in the day prescribed me a few Z-packs (prednisone) and said they would get me through. But I was in a 3 hr show and onstage for 2:45hrs. And i sounded like i had COPD and Lung cancer. But he told me it works so I said how come you are prescribing me so many pscks, and unlike other prednisone uses he said, because you are going to have to take the WHOLE pack like 2 and a half hours before each show, it will work about 30 min before through pretty much 30 min after and theb you will sound like this again. And you will probably sing better than you ever have so please dont get any ideas, there are too many people in this business that have your situation, but they arent at the end of a run, they are in the middle of a giant tour and the tickets are sold and l, well, a lot of people are addicted. They even have to have it on an off day because they are physically dependent even if the vocal problem is gone. Which brings me to, I had to have a hip replacement last January which I should have had probably in June the year before. I was lucky that I am good at pushing through but I had oxycodone and morphine for 8 months straight. They offered fentanyl and I said no, that will make me loopy and though i cant even walk right now what i am on helps enough with some NSAIDS amd I will live. Trust me if it gets any worse (it was BAD) I will ask for it. But I held it together and 8 months on opiod pharmaceuticals isnt a cake walk to ween yourself off of but i did. Our body makes its own opiods but only so many. When you dont need much opioid supplementation people get loopy. When your pain so bad that every internal opioid and external suppliment is used and you are not high at all, that means the pain is so bad even the supplement was not enough. Next step higher dosage and maybe Fentanyl. Now STREET Fentanyl is not patch hospital strength which is already high. The fact that two little crumbs on the street could kill you.... its different. So if someone laced his pills not knowing that thevstreetvwas gettin dangerous, it wasnt yet a big problem, it could be accidental while trying to help Or malicious. Or who knows. I DO know this: ANYONE that has been going through that mucj pain and pain meds for years probably isnt feeling loopy and what ever drug or dose and decides that they dont even want rehab, they DONT EVEN LIKE taking this shit, feels like sjit, but there is pain, and sickly episodes are happening never mind you just dont feel right and YOU make a call to a specialist instead of a rehab it is because YOU KNOW YOU NEVER EVEN LIKED THIS STUFF, REHAB IS TO RETRAIN YOU MIND BUT THAT ISNT WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU NEED IS FOR YOUR BODY TO NOT WANT THIS BS BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN HATES IT... Its different. Your mind and soul is no addict. But if your body is... yiu cannot tell your body no more candy for you, cuz it just might kill you. The full circumstances are still fuzzy but knowing my own experience if you are a seeking addict ....Your family calls am intervention while you call to meet your dealer on the way so you can make it through the intervention. You dont call on your own call an expert because something clearly feels very wrong Maybe he didnt do it soon enough because he cant stop working, maybe it hit him hard and fast, maybe it was the people surrounding.. but if you are an addict one hit more always wins You dont call for help on your own. Addiction is mindset. Dependancy is not, and might be worse. Prince was not an addict. Even if I am wrong, apply what I said to a lot of pthers you may know, as that is the main difference. And do not judge them, they need you not lecturing. They need you on their side.
I used to wear heels 👠 and was amazed that y'all were still wearing them. One day I couldn't stand wearing them anymore because they hurt too much. I was tired of "beauty hurts." I knew jumping off stuff in heels had to be painful. I didn't love y'all because of your jumping. No, I loved y'all because you were the ultimate entertainers, not the ultimate jumpers! Correct me if I am wrong, but I think it was in Sign O the Times in which you led a group of drummers!!! Oh, was that boss!!! I thought that segment should have been a lot longer. I wouldn't have cared what you wore on your feet-- you could be barefoot, like Sade! I loved it when you came to BB King in NYC, and you interacted with all of you audience even though you were entertaining simultaneously. I'll never forget that you looked directly at me and smiled! Sheila E! Sheila E! Sheila E! A million thanks!!! I didn't
I understand the debilitating power of physical pain. Thank you, Sheila, for explaining this so well. You and P were musical athletes who sacrificed your bodies for the love of music and your fans. Thank you. Btw, your book was beautifully written. Plove
I wish more artists would reveal the truth of their struggles because no one is invincible. Prince pushed the limits until he couldn't go on further. It was his choice but I wish he would have sought help. I miss his presence on this earth. It's not the same without him.😢
Tiffany "Neccessarydiva" Jackson Couldn't agree with you more. All he had to do was present an award to someone and he'd receive a standing ovation. I know he has found a place in Heaven. 😔
@Tiffany, beautifully said and I agree. There are no words that could do justice in regards to how much I miss Prince. I was hooked as soon as I heard "Little Red Corvette" and have been a fan ever since... I saw him in concert many times through the years and he was incredible! He really gave it his all, every single time. How sad to think he was doing something he loved to do and that the fans loved in return, never really knowing back in the day that it would eventually take its toll on him in the worst possible way. It's tragic. Like you said, I wish he sought help for his pain, but it's also true it was his choice not to. I miss him so much, and even now, can't fully accept that he's gone because we lost someone who was so magnetic, so influential, inspirational, a true genius in every sense of the word and so much more... Thank you Prince for everything you gave to the world... RIP, your Purple Majesty...
sadly, not speaking up about how you feel is mistakenly taken to be a sign of strength, but perhaps admitting to how we feel should be seen instead as strength. i know 2 people - men - who recently committed suicide rather than share how they feel, when their gone we all cannot help feeling...if only he had shared it with me, i would have stayed close to him and helped him find a way....
Kumara Deen-Ashir U wouldn't did tihs. U woulda said, I gotta pay my billz, when Prince told u, & millionz mo - I'm done payin da IRS. They not gittin anutha SINt. U woulda been..... Well datz yo stupid azz, lil man. I'm payin my taxez. FOH
Sheila, such a wonderful woman and ALWAYS has been and ALWAYS will be Prince's TRUE LOVE. love as a sister, mother, friend, lover, spiritual. for the media to make it sound like Prince died a 'junkie trying to get a fix' is the most DISRESPECTFUL thing you could say about a man, who gave HIS LIFE to ALL US, ALL YOU, so much so it left him in SEVERE PAIN. true pain patients don't take meds to get high. they take them to make this mind numbing pain go down to a level that you can bear. his doctors failed him by giving him what they did. they make strong pain meds for people like him and people like ME. doctors just don't want to lose their precious license. we treat animals better than we do humans in this country. if you seen a dog, whimpering, in pain, a vet would help them or euthanize them. we are told 'suck it up' no way out. so, physician heal thyself.
Its sad how the media will try to rip away all the love we have for the few great artists. Prince will be missed because he had his own style and most was able to fall in love with his sound and performance. Love you forever Prince.
You gotta look at it this way, imagine all the performances he did, all the dancing, splits, movements constantly during each 2-3 hour show! That's A lot of wear and tear on the human body you look at retired athletes a lot of them clearly say that they are in pain from being in professional sports will being a performer is the same thing and yes I know for a fact that Prince was in pain.
Ron Beck I understand but how many athletes perform from the age of say 15-17 until they are in their late 50's or older most major sports athletes retire before 40... Football, Basketball, Baseball. Golf is probably the only sport that allows an athlete to play into their 50's. Performers like Prince do hundreds of concerts all around the world over many years and I bet you the grind is way more than that of any athlete! We see athletes taking games off when they are hurting but I bet if you checked most performers not just Prince have played in less than desirable shape because the show doesn't go on without them like in sports! Just try doing what MJ, Whitney, Prince etc did in life and I bet you wouldn't feel the good towards the end either!
Charles Thomas Charlez - da record ndustry, wouldn't bite, so I didn't have da opportunity 2 try. Charlez - HUMAN LIFE, IZ A GRIND - & still many of us, r not on pain medz. I have no doubtz, dat many r xpiring, due 2 pain med O.D.z, BUTT I - THINK - I know a cover-up, when I c 1. Da reason humanity sufferz from da grind, iz cause we have masterz. Our masterz, r sumtimez good 4 us, BUTT mo often bad 4 us, & only CONcerned wit their well being. Da benevolent masterz, teach us our work ethic. Work ethic, can b xtremely good 4 da mind, body, soul, & pocketbook. So many slovenly folkz r poor, bcause they have no work ethic. Prince learned his winning work ethic, from his dad. We also have our non-benevolent faction. Da kind dat xpectz 18 hourz of work 4 less than 18 centz. Da kind, whose greed & avarice, know no boundz. We r not gonna git from under dis heap of dung, which they r, by being undastanding & admitting.... NO - LYING 2 OURSELVEZ & OTHAZ, dat Prince O.D.ed. If Prince O.D.ed, they'd of made sure u could c dat tihs, b4 it happened. Not just claim it happened & then quickly git rid of ALL trace of da Purple Maestro! I'M NOT BUYIN DAT, 4 A DOLLAR & u sir, r a fool, if u do! It mayb about time 2 either b da land of da free, & da home of da brave, or we r gonna find ourselvez 2 b, da land of da wimpy, & DUH home of da slave. We r SERIOUSLY veering @ permanently bein slavez, 4 da rest of dis countryz/corporationz, xistance.
Ron Beck I hear what your saying and I agree! I just hate that peeps say he was a drug addict I just don't like that!! I think he gave his all to his fans/ friends and he should be allowed to RIP without people soiling him! Alright, good discussion I like intelligent debate!
Charles Thomas YUPPERZ!!!! I don't even like da thought of Prince doing pain management, bcause I LOVED his anti-drug stance. Yet - I must admit da possibility, bcause Prince did ecstasy wit Ingrid Chavez & xperienced a bad trip, which iz whut he blamed da black album on. Othaz say, Prince wuz a closet coke-head. I didn't personally know Prince, so I gotta admit dat dis tihs, could b true. Dat ncludez da possibility of O.D. Prince, knew whut drugz could do 2 u. Ask Pepe. Ask Andre Cymone! They were there n da bginning. I know dat rich pocketz, can buy up all da airtime. Remember Ross Perot? Let me say dis, & I'll end. Jimi Hendrix died, & they blamed drugz. Turnz out, da bloke dat did da autopsy, sayz Jimi died from about a gallon of red wine, n his lungz. Jimi, did not like red wine, so itz doubtful dat he drank da wine, & later threw it up, thus drowning himself n it. Itz mo likely, sumbody waterboarded Jimi. I don't want Princez legacy sullied, by drug addiction, either. If he wuz murdered, dat iz even mo of a waste & oh so sad, bcause da powerz dat b - R - striving 2 sully Princez legacy. I wuz n a RUclips 4um, 4 an unaired Prince performance of CONTROVERSEY, on da Ellen show. Dspite a stellar performance, a dickhead asked - IZ DIS DA PERFORMANCE WHERE PRINCE CRAPZ HIS PANTZ, TAKEZ EM OFF, THROWZ EM N2 DA AUDIENCE, & THEY STILL CHEER HIM? While we were klownin da dude, sum chick cumz n & asked - HOW DID U KNOW HE CRAPPED HIS PANTZ? U KNOW DATZ WHUT DRUG ADDICTZ DO, DON'T U? So I take dis VERY SERIOUSLY!!!! I say, I'm not n2 Joseph Gobbelz propaganda theoriez. I don't care how many timez they repeat, Prince O.D.ed, I'm not buyin it! I never saw evidence of it. Here I wuz, watching a spectacular Prince performance, dat evabody LOVED, ncluding Ellen, yet sumbody on paTROLL, wuz SINt 2 CONvince us, dat Prince wuz high & add nsult 2 njury, had crapped himself. SMH Blieve these lyin azz snakez, if ya wanta, man. I just, CAN'T!!!
Heres the problem the human body has a shelf life. No matter how you feel mentally and emotionally you feel young you want to throw yourself into everything you have the adrenalin pumping but that's not the truth of how your body is feeling. The older you get the more things hurt the more all the abuse you did to your body over the years accumulates and as you get older your body starts to break down. You add that with the pain he still carried with him of his youth losing two children two marriages him being alone all the time and lonely then you couple that with intense injuries then a dependence on pain killers just to function.......... you have a recipe for disaster. Prince was never a "druggy" the fact that now he was dependent on something that at any other point in his life he would have laughed in your face at the idea of him ever touching that garbage to where he was now what was he to even think about himself let alone those around him and his fans what were they to think of him?? This put that mans back up against the wall where was he to go with this how was he going to explain how he got caught in this trap and how was he going to get out of this. He was in the greatest of all turmoil about this. I'm sure he never felt more alone in his life. He was in great pain on every level I know. Anyone who knows Prince well enough can see these things. My heart breaks for him STILL and it always will my poor poor Prince.
Hi Lily .......... yeah he was like that I think more often then not. He lived his whole life on a stage that was his home and his audiences / fans were his family. I think there was more to it then he just loved playing for people no doubt he did but think about whats been said of how long he would play at times. A full concert for a few hours then an after club for hours more then he would invite people back to either his home or hotel till long into day light. I don't believe the whole truth is that he didn't want the party to end I don't think he wanted to be alone. You cant really enjoy being alone when that's all you ever are is alone and I think Prince was alone a lot especially growing up the fact that his family in very many ways especially as a child who needed his family abandoned him left a gaping hole a huge void in that man and he over compensated in many different ways. The thing is until he left we weren't privy to seeing his life all laid out like it is now and watching all these videos its plain to see all that he was in totality or close to and how he really felt you cant miss it he wore his heart not on his sleeve but on his face and in his eyes. My take on this is the things that hurt him most emotionally did well to help break him down psychically. When your hearts hurting its not long before your body follows suite its usually what ends up shortening a persons life. He had no one there for him not while he was alive and not when he died either. Those that called themselves his "friends" yeah no comment on that thanks. For a man that gave everyone his all he got nothing back in return not really and not in the ways he really needed it. That man died as much from a broken heart if not more so then from a bunch of pills. The pills may have ended his life but that's not what got him to that point in the first place. Funny how SE says well I was in pain so I'm sure he was......... so when you call yourself someone's friend you never have a talk with them saying hey are you alright??? You guess at it? I don't know maybe I'm just different if someone's hurting I can fell it across the world and I'm Johnny on the spot and trust me you aint goin nowhere till you tell me what's goin on or you aint walkin out that door. I don't believe in letting a friend drown no matter how much they themselves may want to if you aint lookin out for you I sure as hell will be. Apparently Prince didn't have anyone there like that or he would still be here. I'm angry at those who were around him for letting this happen to him it never should have been like that never. His own sister admits that she KNEW he was in trouble 3 years before and yet her only thought was oh boy I'm gonna go buy some new jewelry for his funeral .......... I cant even tell you just how livid it makes me she sat by for 3 years hoping soon her brother would die how cold blooded is that??? Nobody really cared for that man nobody and don't you think he knew that? Don't you think that broke his heart even more he was alone he was sick he was in pain and nobody gave a sh*t wow may those that did that to him fall to there knees and beg God and Princes forgiveness for that. Sorry for the long message ........ I sit here night after night an cry for him I'm bettin nobody but us fans do that bettin those that were there before he left don't. Sad so stinkin sad. Peace Sis.
Don Won ..i totally agree with every word. Like you I think it (loneliness) started in his childhood and never really left. I do think that however many companions he had, it was just a front- a warm body maybe. Inside, I don't think many understood him. On another forum we are discussing his relationship with Vanity, coz she seems to have been the person who came closest to understanding him, & the person he called out for before he passed. Like you, I wonder whether his "friends"(people around him, more like), ever question themselves as to how they could've helped him or been there for him. I think he wasn't easy to get close to but at the same time I don't think many people tried, truly tried. I also think his performing continuously was again a front. His eyes AND his lyrics gave him away. I hope he's at peace now, away from earthly difficulties.
Lily I'm gonna tell you something, something I have been telling others from the very beginning so its not a new story either you may not understand or even believe it but its the truth. I don't know what if any relationship you have with God but God is a major part of this. Last Jan when David Bowie died I was in a state of shock, I had been a fan of his since forever but he came 2nd only to Prince who had always been A#1 for me an to say David came 2nd was like saying David was on earth an Prince was on the moon nothing an no one could even come close to touching what an who Prince always was to me. Anyway when David died my very next thought was of Prince I got this over whelmingly bad feeling that something was very very wrong with Prince so I started praying please Lord don't let anything bad happen to Prince please Lord protect Prince take care of him I cant lose both of them especially not Prince. Then April came it was the worse day of my whole life. I thought I was gonna literally die I have heart problems an I got the worse pain in my chest. I went into over drive I begged God to please tell me that Prince was up there with Him. Being that Prince was a JW I knew they didn't exactly believe what other Christians believed I had no clue exactly what relationship Prince really had with God but I never doubted that Prince truly loved God but that's a personal thing between anyone of us and God no one but God truly knows what's in a persons heart but God Himself. But I did really believe that Prince always loved the Lord of that I had no doubt so I went to bat for Prince pleading his case to the Lord begging God to please take Prince home to Him and to please tell me that that was the case that Prince really did go home to Him I could not bare the thought that Prince could ever go anywhere else but to God Himself that if any man belonged to God it was that man. This went on for a week, in the mean time I had heard the rumors that maybe Prince had been killed which made me cry all the harder made me beg God all the more to tell me that that wasn't how Prince went out. For a solid week I cried morning noon an night in my sleep when I did eventually fall asleep that is I lost 9 pounds couldn't eat couldn't sleep didn't leave the house it was very bad. Let me say this before I go on..... Since the Lord called to me 10 years before that point I was fine with hearing the voice of the Lord. Like the conversations you have with yourself in your own head that is how I have always heard the voice of the Lord and who I had been hearing from was God there was no doubt. He's done many miracles for me so I knew this was the real deal. Now......... A week went by of me crying non stop for and about Prince when finally the Lord answered me. The Lord said he is up here with Me. That's when I heard something or rather someone else. This was the very first time ever that I heard anyone else besides the Lords voice and more over I could see up there and standing right next to Jesus was Prince saying to the Lord tell her it was an accident I never meant to do that never. He could SEE ME??? He could HEAR ME??? AND I could see and hear HIM??? How how was this possible??? I thought ok that's it I cracked I lost it him leaving somehow cracked me now I'm thinkin I can see and hear Prince it has to be I have lost my mind cause this just cant be possible it cant be real it cant be happening that made me cry even harder cause now along with losing Prince I now lost my mind as well. Well....... guess what? Its real and its true. I could see and hear him he could see and hear me and we have been speaking to each other ever since. Listen before you say I cant believe that let me just tell you this ii's me going through this and I cant believe it either STILL! I have countless times put who I'm talking to both God and Prince to the test its near impossible to get my head around this. Over the weeks that followed that first week I was on the very verge of going after Prince yeah yeah yeah Prince was in Heaven great fine wonderful but ya know what I wanna go see for myself I just could not believe all this an I needed badly to go home to go see it for myself. Thing is both God an Prince told me if I left the way I was thinking of going out I wouldn't be coming home at all an I would never get to see either God or Prince. I was in such agony that I couldn't stand it. I don't know if you know anything about the Rapture of the Church but the Lord stopped me from doing myself in with one word......... SOON. I'm gonna stop there there's a whole lot more to all this its very intense and it has yet to stop since Prince left but let me just say you said you hope that he is in peace. The answer is yes except for when he see's me crying all the time he once told me that he cant be in peace when he see's me crying like that it hurts him to see me like that. He said he's sorry he hurt so many people he never meant to, he's told me he wasn't perfect that he made mistake's. He told me something that I'm sure only his family knows now and that is what was really going on with him when he left and why and how he really died. Yes he has seen Denise up there no there is no great love thing romance thing going on between them up there. He tells me often he's not the same man up there that he was here and I can tell you he doesn't look the same either. He looked like he did when he left right up to this past Jan then he went back to looking like he did in 90/91 you remember what he looked like back then? He has both of his sons up there I only got to see one of them. I'll tell you of a test I gave Prince to see if who I was really talking to really was Prince or not. One day in conversation with him a young man walks up to Prince an asks him who hes talking to cause the young man couldn't see or hear me and Prince tells him that he will be along later. I knew just by instinct who this young man was but I asked Prince anyway, who was that? Prince says he's Prince Jr. I'm thinkin Prince Jr???? I thought they named there son Gregory??? Then months later when his X is hitting all the talk shows with her book she says something I had never heard before she say's the real name of there son was Amir meaning PRINCE!!! I almost fell over I never knew that not until now not until Prince told me his sons name was Prince and he called him Prince Jr! This was one of many things that has happened since including stuff about his music that I didn't know an when I went to go look it up it was true. So......... you make up your own mind I'm still trying to make up mine lol. But he's ok up there he wants his new body as do I and that's coming soon too. If you want look up my videos I talk about all this on the video Fit For a King and a Prince the video is the jewelry I made for both the Lord an for Prince some day they will both have what I made them but the video isn't what's important its the testimony I wrote down in the comments section and there's the last video I made for the Lord, Prince and all of Princes fans I'll leave you a link. Peace hon. :) ruclips.net/video/wq_pnCYbOX4/видео.html
Fede4real......... hon on just about everything you said I agree with but that's from the outside looking in....... there's a factor that only the ones who have the autopsy know about. Go look up what the pills he was taking what there actual purpose was for and you will understand. You read what I said about being able to talk to Prince? I can and I do, he told me about something that when he first told me I didn't even want to hear it it was too heartbreaking to hear it months later I was more willing to hear it. The real reason he died hon no one really knows about except his family and they wont tell the public. Then he got sucked into those damn pills. And you know like you said how addiction is he started taking them for the extraordinary pain he was in and it wasn't simply because of his hip pain either. Thanks to his quack Drs who help no one at all they got him hooked on that crap and Prince had no way out on all of this. Very true he painted himself into a corner and he gave himself no way out. There wasn't anyone he felt he could trust no one to lean on no one to turn to. Remember the people around him weren't family he loved them they may have loved him too but not in the way he needed that love that closeness that trust these are people he worked with people who's careers he helped they leaned all over him he was there boss they weren't family he needed someone there for him someone he could turn to there wasn't a soul they knew he was all alone they knew he nearly died listen a real friend someone who claims to love you doesn't take no for an answer so what if he told them to go I would have said no .......... no no no no no! Call the cops on me shoot me but I am not leaving you you are in trouble you need help and there's no way in hell I'm leaving you alone no way. The guy didn't even have a cell phone he said it himself he never had one he couldn't even call for help where was his body guard? Your right about him being a proud man he was the strongest man I have ever seen but he was a man that suffered in silence and the people around him either they were blind as a bat or they just plain didn't give a sh*t I can see he was suffering from here and they couldn't see what was right in front of there faces??? The girl he was with on the plane with she said she never knew he was doing any kind of drugs she didn't know he was in that kind of pain why not??? And she said she loved him??? He didn't love her he didn't trust her enough to tell her anything. Listen hon when I love someone if there across the world I know what's going on with them without a word I can feel it I can pick that up. It was 4 months before he died and I knew something was wrong with him now you tell me why a total stranger can feel that yet those around him couldn't? He didn't want them around him? Well too bad he would have had to have me arrested to get me away from him what were they too afraid that they would stop getting his help with there careers?? Tough sh*t that's a human being the hell with your careers! How's he helping them now being he died cant squeeze blood out of a stone. What about his so called sister who she herself said she knew he was "dying" 3 years before she was so happy about that she went shopping what the bleep is that??? Your brother tells you he's not long for this world an you go on a shopping spree to celebrate?? How much more cold hearted can you be??? Had he been my brother I would have told him no you will live and not die and I aint going no where I am going to be right here to take care of you!!! Damn right I blame others for his demise they could have been there for him instead they chose not to be they were selfish and self centered to the core that's why he told no one he already knew they didn't give a damn. Are we all responsible for ourselves yes does that mean we have to get stuck with people who are only with you for what they can get from you and who are never really there when you really need them? NO. This is the real reason people die every day in this world because nobody really gives a sh*t plain and simple. You can drop dead in front of somebodies feet and they'll just walk right over you. Cold blooded people with no heart for another living soul. My heart breaks to this very second STILL for that man. What a dirty rotten shame he spent all of his time on a stage because that was really the only home he ever really had full of crowds of strangers that loved him more then the ones who knew him on a day to day basis what a shame that's why he threw himself into his music he had nobody waiting for him no one to welcome him home. It kills me makes me sick to think about that makes me want to punch the people in his life. I cant wait to leave this sick demented world. Sorry not mad at you hon just mad in general and when you add what happened to Prince......... its like scooping my guts out with a spoon. Peace.
He sang "I Will Die 4 U" and that he did...on so many levels. I will never forget watching his interview with Tavis. Tavis razzed him about the jumping and splits. Prince said he will continue doing it until he couldn't no more. I knew then that the day of reckoning was coming because at the time of the interview he would have been around 41 yrs or so. Prince did what he wanted to do. I feel so bad about it because he should have stopped in the 80s. Even at his concert in 99 at Paisley Park, he still was doing the splits about 4 to 6 in a row. The brotha was so talented, he didn't need to do all of that. He didn't take a break. I wish he had. I still think his passing was a set up tho. He knew his time was up because they were going to finish the job they had started from the beginning...
nishani3 The greatest thing about Prince is that he didn't have any limitations. The saddest thing about Prince is that he didn't have any limitations.
Comments like this are unfortunate. Because they spread amongst fans and fams and therefore, they look at Prince doing the splits on the 1999 tour, or Parade tour, Sign O The Times, Nude, etc. etc. and think that Prince should NOT have done any splits or jumping. Sheila is EXAGGERATING that Prince would jump off 3 story elevations, it's preposterous and yet here you are and many other fams taking this as fact. Prince danced because he was ATHLETIC and could DO IT AND he was small in stature, so therefore he was light and could perform many of those dances because he could physically do it with EASE. If Prince was 5 foot 8 or 9, weighing 140 to 200 lbs, and jumping off Piano's then maybe I can see it. But there is NO evidence verified by actual doctors, medical professionals that indicate Prince had any injuries or his dancing, which HE LOVED TO DO, had anything to do with fentanyl or opioid abuse. .::Modernaire
Thanks! It's true. The perception of Prince as abusing his body is ridiculous and Sheila and others providing this view is detrimental not only to the enjoyment of Prince's best work, but marring his legacy. There is also the factor of diet - Prince became a hardcore vegetarian/vegan at the behest and influence of Mayte who's a big animal rights activista. Prince got even skinnier around the mid 90s. Could have that had something of a negative affect or acerbated any hip and or knee issues? Or created them? Who knows. .::Modernaire
Thank u for this. Sheila E: I am so glad to hear you are getting adjusted and that you tried to encourage Prince to do so. I sent a letter to Paisley Park in 2012 to encourage him to do the same. "Yes, you do need to get adjusted!" Love it.
Prince had more psychological pain than physical pain. His tremendous pride caused him to keep it all secret. Instead of coping, he tried to erase his past. You can not eradicate your past. It will come back to haunt the soul and trouble the spirit. I also think Prince was done on this side. He lived a great life, wealthy beyond, incredible friends, talents galore and admired by all. Yet and still, those things could not save his life! I loved him and when I take my last breath, I will first seek out his soul to tell him how much he meant to the inhabitants of the world.
Prince had legit pain and the drugs were powerful it was an accident no controversy or scandal why does the media need to sensationalize a celebrity dying its sad enough without strangers speculating and making up things
I feel so sad when I hear or read about people saying that Prince was doing drugs. Like if he did drugs to get high. I don't believe that. He couldn't look or act like he did. He was always looking well and mentally he always seem well inform about everything that was happening. A person who is in drugs don't look like Prince and would not be able to act like him. I do believe he was in pain and needed help, but I don't think that been in this situation would make him a drug addict. I belive that we should be more loving caring and understanding about what it is when someone is in pain. Prince was human, a special person that gave us himself, his music and everything that he could. We should not be judges, but we should remember him like the wonderful and talented person that he was. You are missed and you are so loved. Rest in peace my sweet Prince.
I think that when you're young you think you're invincible. But, an illness or any life altering event can change your mindset ONLY if you allow it to. Being everything to everybody other than yourself can take a toll. You either take a break or two to rejuvenate or you keep living your life as you see fit regardless of the consequences. On a sidenote, since Prince and Mozart had so many similarities, I really hope Prince's life story will be similar to Amadeus-a four hour long epic!
Dana Vixen So far, dat bio-pic they did, wuz a cumplete, travesty! 1 thang dat will b similar, iz da phony deathz. Prince, wuz probably murdered by sum kinda money/power hungry goonz, while Salieri had absolutely nuthin 2 do wit Mozartz death. So n dat SINse, both moviez will contain deathz, which r cumplete hoaxez/liez.
Dana Vixen are you aware that the Mozart character in the movie and the real Mozart are two different things?!? Amadeus was not supposed to be a biopic per se. The point of the movie is to show what happens when a hard working mediocrity (Salieri) becomes angry and jealous of a nonchalant cocky genius.
Sheila you are a great and fantastic woman a Symbol for us all How Prince was and is.I hope Really you can cure your pain.Good Lück I hold both Thumbs for you.
Prince and Sheila was the baddest to do it together. The only female to keep up with Prince. The others fell off. I love you Sheila. We'll miss you forever Prince RIP
Prince was no longer young any more that pain gets worse with age. It was his job to keep the show going. No telling how much he might had suffered in his pain.
Prince was in alot of pain cuz he broke his body down doing what he loved performing for us fans by dancing and jumping off those high risers in high heels injuring his hips, kness and joints..Sheila E knew Prince was in pain cuz Sheila was also in pain her self from playing the drums in heels all the time ..People have to realize..these performers bodies are like athletes and they are not energerizer bunnies..😞
@Sherita Jones Prince was not very muscular and it made him get injured easily on stage. Muscles are there to protect your bones. By becoming a vegan Prince lost a lot of weight and he broke his hips on stage. When Prince was living with Vanity in the 80's she encouraged him to eat more protein and lift weight to pack on muscles. Some athletes like Lebron James and Serena Williams are muscular so they don't get injured easily while playing their sports.
Fiona3000 Well ..all i can say is he looked healthier when he was with Vanity, Sheila E and his 2nd wife Manuela..BUT when he was with his 1st wife IS when he became a vegan i believe his 1st wife introduced him to the vegan diet and that's when he really started to look thinner and thinner..at least to me anyway.
NO ..I BEEN talked about Prince breaking his hips and body down by jumping off of high risers..in his heels and I ALSO posted about Sheila E's lung collapsing and she wasnt able to promote her album 'Sex Symbol' ..I posted all of this on different sites b4 this site was even posted.
@Sherita Jones When Prince was with Vanity and Sheila E. he was eating meat. When he was with Manuela he was a vegan and he hired a nutritionist to help him eat healthy. But when Prince was with Mayte I beileve he stopped eating because he had lost a massive amount of weight.
Fiona3000 I KNOW cuz when he was with Mayte..he really was too l thin..I think that vegan diet along with the stress in their marriage and the stress of WB really took a toll on him..
Even "the dream job" has a place in time... As to say, when One is running with the torch for to long of a time, Ones teammates are sacrificed and a systematic slave is created... As to say again, "the torch" >must< be past... And be GOOD to your body..., and other people bodies to... Remember A better WE SO ME =AWESOME US... Within the hopes this helps...
He wrecked his hips and joints jumping around and doing the splits during his performances and like Sheila E wearing high heals almost all the time....I feel someone should have stopped him from doing all that jumping from heights and doing the splits during his concert days.
Becky Madrid 2 b honest, I didn't even think Prince stopped jumpin from riserz, due 2 pain, Becky. I just ASSumed, da prohibitive cost of nsurance, finally stopped Prince from doin these acrobatic featz. I wuz surprised, he continued, 4 azz long azz he did. I remember, shortly after AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY, da album, wuz released, hearing dat da band, U2, could no longer use a set piece, bcause da nsurance company told them it wuz 2 dangerous. Verily, I said 2 myself, datz gonna stop all dat jumpin around, Prince does, yet homeboy wuz still jumpin off pianoz, n da 90z!
Becky Madrid YUPPERZ!!! I didn't think anything of it, back n da day. I went on 2 work construction, & let me tell u.... I learned a 6 foot fall, can SERIOUSLY damage u! So Prince, jumping down stackz like dat, wuz VERY foolhardy. I'm sure he didn't think nuthin of it, bein young & dumb. IF ONLY WE COULD TURN BACK TIME! I'd prefer havin Prince here, 2 seein him jump off stackz, n hi-heelz. SMH
William Blake The man was an ENTERTAINER!!! He was young and on top of the world!!! It had nothing to do with him being "young and dumb", obviously he WASN'T that!! If anything, maybe foolish sometimes. But still, I don't think he regretted it at all. And he was HELL of a performer/entertainer!!!
Nonameisthename 1 Young & dumb, iz not meant azz an nsult. Itz a sayin, n termz of thangz u do azz a young, nvincible man, dat u know better than 2 do, upon reflection, n later life. Also know, dat I don't blieve Prince died from an O.D. I don't care dat DUH boob tube said it, Tyka sayz it, or even Shelia ( WHO I GREATLY ADMIRE!!! ) sayz it. I think sumthin else called MURDER happened. Datz anutha reason 4 da dismissive young & dumb comment. Sorry 2 hurt ur Purple feelingz. NOT NTENDED!
People like Sheila - Morris - Jimmy Jam speak the truth and had a personal relationship with Prince! Fan's that don't know him still think someone killed him! I go through this conversation with a fellow musician all the time. When he collapsed and went in the hospital they gave him a shot that wiped out every drug in his system. Now he really was in pain which means he needed more prescription Opioid's then ever! His sister Tyka said four years earlier he told her told her he was going to die. There are side effects to these prescription's! So they began remodeling Paisley Park to become a museum! They were doing different era's of his career but only got to the LoveSexy era and he died! Prescription Opioid's is a epidemic in this country! At the end of the day he gave us great music and sacrificed his body for us to be entertained! Prince mad life that much better! Luv U 4 Ever
She didn't say he said he was going to die. It was 3 years earlier and he allegedly told her, "I've done everything I've wanted to do." She surmised that meant he was dying, but he never said those words.
royce dock I don't think anybody, REALLY knew Prince, but Prince. I'm sure there r asspectz 2 him, dat Tyka, Shelia, or Jimmy Jam, knew nuthin about. So we can never call it, man! Sumthin bout Prince death, does not compute!
William Blake - In an interview with Travis Smiley Prince injured his big toe tripping over a amplifier. When Travis asked Prince I guess that will stop you from jumping off of pianos. Prince response was I am still going to jump off of pianos. So even with an injury he would have never stopped jumping from stages, pianos. Ultimately that is what killed him.
Agreed. I could make a pretty good guess. But, if Larry Graham hadn't sold him a bill of goods with that bogus religion, he'd be alive today. He did not have to die. He could've been treated. We fly and God didn't give us wings? Well, that's why we have Dr.s and hospitals, too. If only he'd used them.
If Prince wouldn't have done all those amazing dance moves, some almost acrobatic, and those amazing wonderful splits and spins during his concert days, you wouldn't have had PRINCE, that amazing pushing the limits Prince, you would of had just another R&B act with amazing songs. Prince did what he did because one, he was athletic and he was small and light and could DO the splits EASY, he could float across the stage in a split-slide, jump of a riser or piano because he was LIGHT. Fans, people, tend to forget that Prince was really athletic and had amazing athletic and dancing ability because of his height. It wasn't like Prince was 240 lbs coming down on his hips and knees. And also, could any of those issues he had with his hips and or knees also been from playing basketball as a teen? No one ever asks that. If you're a true long time fan and have been very observant following Prince's career, performances and all his changes, you'll notice Prince stopped dancing around the Gold Experience era, flat stopped. Occasionally he'd do a dance or split here and there, but not during the tours. He also at the time lost a lot of weight suddenly from going cold straight into vegetarianism and MAY have contributed to muscle skeletal problems that manifested themselves in his hips and knees. For Sheila to flat out exaggerate that Prince was jumping off 3 stories high elevations everyday, is irresponsible, inaccurate and lends to pushing the unverified notion that Prince may have been over medicating himself and it got out of hand. Prince was smart. He was very well aware of his body, he had to dance, and I love him for it, for physically manifesting his music and spirituality. That's what Lovesexy was all about. . .::Modernaire
Mr Prince was a mf Soldier!) Sheila was a fox when she was younger) damn Vanity &Sheila) but he was going to marry Sheila) damn Sheila you were in pain) but did you turn into a hard core drug addict?) men(Prince) are stronger than women) I still don't want to believe he was a hard core drug addict) something else fishy went on) I still like the "purple-one") it can't be grief? Because I didn't know him personally) I just liked him since ~1978 ~40 yrs) thanx for the music "purple-one") peace)
Guess what folks, if Prince was in pain all the time, and Sheila always saw him in pain, then he clearly wasn't poppin' pills like tic tacs as the media has portrayed. If he was poppin' pills like tic tacs, Sheila would have not seen him in pain. So, he was either poppin' pills to mask the pain, or in pain and not poppin' pills, it can't be both. I go with the latter, and Sheila is simply projecting her pain situation onto his. I will say it again, if you are in pain, you are clearly NOT a junky poppin' pain pills, if others see you in pain, you are not poppin' pain pills every day. Apply some common sense and the truth will present itself.
Pain medicine doesn't ever get rid of all of the pain. It merely brings it down some and sometimes it doesn't work at all. I also doubt that he took medications in front of anyone else. As Sheila said, the point is to hide it from everyone. A lot of people have the misconception that even the strongest pain killer will get rid of all of the pain and it's not true.
SHEILA on the heels...She's right...Now in mid 60...Still have back/leg problems...from the 20ish cutesy days...meeting dead-lines on portfolio projects due...Yep! Hard-headed and paying for it today...E...described all the symptoms..c/c
I think asking God for help is part of it, but also it's the desire to want help is also part of it. Like when a person decides they don't want to be die a drug addict, you can ask for help from somewhere, but the act of asking is equally as important.
What she and Morris will never discuss is the fact they both urged him to have hip replacement surgery but he would not because of blood transfusions and the Jehovah Whiteness rule. He did have a scraping of tissue but what that does is cause more pain within 6 months. Poor guy. I sure miss him
I used to have the coolest Sheila E poster. hahah. I think it was possibly a drum ad thing of some sort. What a hot Latin women. They all wore lingerie all the time. Then she would play drums. If you weren't sold by then. . . I wonder how long her backstage Johnny lines where. hahahah Okay that's the end of my confession father. . .
Prince was murdered just like all famous people are. The club killed him. He died 319 days after his 57th birthday. He has a song called 319. He has a song called I would die 4 U spelled with the number 4 and the letter U. So think about this 4/21 like 4 and U is the 21st letter in the alphabet. He died 4-21-2016. 4-21-2016 is 319 days after his 6-7-2015 birthday.
They ask her about Prince, she talks about herself. She can't answer how he was in the weeks before his death because she didn't know. Prince had not spoken to her in a few years. She wasn't in his inner circle but is desperately trying to act as if she was.
No ever heard of prince being on pain a lot tol shrlia mentioned it after his death.ptince had a ptior illness and killed himself with that crap cause he dreaked out when he knew he was dying.he had changed his lifebut probally not before life had changed him.but he did change.
I do not feel sorry for any music performer. If they do have repercussions from the business. They can easily walk away from all that Fame Fortune celebrity in this period, they do not walk away. It's their call they knew what they were doing all that money Fame and celebrity business is business. They do not walk away again. They knew what they were doing. I do not feel sorry for them at all.
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When Sheila states 'Prince was in Pain' which Prince is she talking about?? After all their were several different individuals who fulfilled that role Prince was a brand-Prince originally was BLack then later Biracial and then after that another classification no one wants to talk about that tho lol
Put up on a pedestal too much. Like Elvis was. . . although Prince was more or less a chameleon amalgam of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix even Elvis and on and on. . . Point is: Elvis was on drugs pretty much what? his entire entertainment existence. Sex, drugs booze fueled a lot of the music industry. As far as performance injuries go - Go to a ballet and go backstage after and watch bloody bandages being removed from dancers feet. Just like that INXS song said - It ain't pretty after the show
I still like Shelia E as a percussionist (musician) but, when she stole Prince's trademark symbol that was beyond disrespectful!!😕😟 😣 I do not and will not accept that...period!😒
I think, the very few people who truly cared about him, are adding insight, but, still, respecting his privacy even in death. I think the likes of his sister, Mayte, the haters, they want $, and, their 15 minutes of fame and will say anything. Some, jealous, envious, and, attempting to increase their importance in his life.
Sigh. Really, this is somewhat outrageous. My mom walked in heels for most of her life, NEVER EVER had a problem, no toe deformations or hip pains or knee pains, nothing. And, she is of small stature like Prince. Granted, she didn't jump off piano's etc. but Sheila's assertions are almost sensationalistic AND irresponsible. I'll tell you why, because Sheila E is EXAGGERATING and thus fans and fams may actually look back at Prince's work and cringe when he's seen doing the splits or jumping off a drum riser or off a keyboard. It RUINS the legacy to some degree. If fans take these exaggerations to heart, it ruins the experience and enjoyment of those performances. NO, Prince wasn't jumping off 3 story elevations, that's insane... and everyday?!?! In heels??? Prince wore tennis shoes to play basketball many times and in heels, are you going to blame his LOVE of Basketball for his demise? Prince actually stopped doing the splits for a time in the mid 90s, then after 2001 he didn't do splits anymore. It wasn't everyday jumping off 3 stories or doing splits everyday come on. .::Modernaire
He was no drug addict, he had pain & this particular drug somewhat helped, his body probably got used to it & he needed more to help the pain because it wasn't lasting as long anymore, but it was to much for his body & here we or. ☹
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Thank you Sheila! You were such a good friend to Prince. I wish he would have listened to someone to go to a doctor! Hugs to you!
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Prince jumped off rafters, pianos, speakers...all sorts of things all in high heels, then he'd drop into a split and come back up. It's 100% logical that he'd damage his body over the years...and he did it for many years. I can't imagine what it felt like when his body started telling him no, because he was such a perfectionist and avid professional. Best all around entertainer for me...he had an amazing vocal range, wrote/composed/produced all his own music, danced incredibly and played an insane amount of instruments. I can't think of another artist who could do all that...
Amazing how much these artists go through wear and tear on their bodies performing. Prince sacrificed his life enduring all that pain for the love of music and his fans/friends. Much love and respect to him always. Thankyou Sheila for sharing your story. Love you. rip Prince
Prince was 50% musician, 50% gymnast.
No doubt😁💜
Love to hear Sheila E talk ~ Her voice is so soothing & she's the coolest woman on this planet bar none
Another prediction.. Prince said he was, "gonna dance my life away.." in the song 1999, and he did. He gave it his complete all.. everything he had. Sad that he's gone & we all miss him, but what a ride he gave us!!
p.j. talavera j
YES!!!
This is so heartbreaking to hear. I can't even imagine what it must to be like to be in pain all the time doing what you love. Prince wanted to be the best in music at the cost of his health. Sheila was good for taking a step back to care for herself. My sister's lungs collapsed last year and she spend two weeks in the hospital, it was so scary. The artists we love are unwittingly killing themselves by trying to do too much and stretching their bodies beyond their limits. Take care of you first.
Toni Wellons
Nobody, can really a4d 2 do dat anymo. We have all bcum accustomed 2 certain levelz of success & many r fighting 2 maintain. NOBODY wantz 2 lose, & have stolen from them, whut they have fought 4, n da many yearz of work, n which they have ndeavored. N da past, our ILLustrious masterz, used warz 2 wipe many of us out, b4 we could figure-out their scamz. Now, many r pissed, azz they have lost their homez, their savingz, mayb their jobz, & they r living n carz. Just about all they have left 2 lose, iz their mindz. Da elite scam artistz, fear dat nstead of peephole going bonkerz, & them bein able 2 dscreetly deal wit em like dat, they fear da millionz of under-paid wage slavez, will rise-up & dmand justice! ( Dat meanz - rolling headz. ) N dfense, they have prepared dronez, FEMA campz, a HUGE wall 2 keep Americanz from escaping, & billionz of hi caliber bulletz.
Prince, wuz a hi-profile, early casualty, of da looming war, I'm dscribing. Bcause many r easily swayed by da media, 2 blieve Prince O.D.ed, many will b persuaded by dat same media, dat their fellow Americanz, rn't being gunned down, by elitist henchmen. Or dat those people bein gunned down, r Mexican cartel terrorist!
I won't b buyin da mess 4 a dollar. N FACT, I wouldn't spend 1 red cent, blievin it.
MY OPINION
As a jewelry designer and seamstress for over 30 years i do understand!!! My fingers lock up, arthritis is bad and pain in my sleep!! One crippled foot from the years of heals! God bless all of you!
Prince will forever be missed! Love you Prince.
Prince was the best at performing, he enjoyed what he did and you could tell it was second nature to him,All that jumping off the stage playing all those different instruments had to take a toll on his body,Prince gave music his all you will forever be missed Rest in peace Prince.,I hope you're standing in the purple rain.☔☔☔
She not lying about the fact that you must take care yourself first then help others. Rip Prince. Much love forever. Thank you Sheila E. !
I just love her to the moon and back. Prince was one of a kind, he danced his heart out, and he paid the price with lots of pain. I so wish bands would take a doctor with them on tour just like football players or any other sports. What they do to their bodies is just as much of a work out as any sports player. Still missing the Prince!!
That comes to show as fans we expect so much from our idols. They hurt, they cry, and get very exhausted as we do when we have work and do a job. It's alot of pressure on celebs to be perfect without people saying negative things. We really really don't know the probpems they go through in private. People and critics and magazine poeple always got things to say about you. You got to be a strong person physically and emotionally to be famous. I love you Sheila E! Prince I also loved. What a beautiful showmanship he had! RIP my brotha. Peace.
3:40: "You guys don't need to know that we hurt every day. It's part of the gig."
Take note, today's "artists" who cancel concerts at the drop of a hat. This is known as *work ethic*. Prince had it in spades.
Sandra Waldrop true 2000% true!!!!! Those were the times work ethic WAS important!!!!!!!
We should know about the pain. Would you pay to see someone mess there body up?? If you want to hide the pain for fame and money you deserve all you get. You can't have it both ways. Prince was/is a legend but get real. Either we're the idiots for not realising what we make them endure because of our desires/wants OR they should be accountable for there own pain. If everybody cared more about themself and less about others we wouldn't have this BS mess of a world we live in. What example do you set for a knew born human to see one put themself 2nd. I want my child to put themself 1st! Only when your healthy can you fully engage in life around you. Be unhealthy, spend half your time trying to fix yourself while those around you suffer, well done, congratulations, now you have a life of misery and pain that you also burden others with. You think nature needs to be fixed by us haha. Nature will survive fine without our stupidity constantly intervening. You never even realise that humans are the ones suffering not animals... because your all brainwashed (like this Sheila) to put yourself 2nd and hide your true self for employment. Sad state of affairs. No wonder we're all fuc'd up! Carry on, blame anything but yourself. There is no music industry, just a big bunch of monkeys craving rhythm and willing to pay for other monkeys to suffer as long as they produce, end of!
Yeah, but that "work ethic " destroyed both of their bodies and the chronic pain took the life of Prince. It's not worth running your body into the ground for any reason. You will pay for it eventually.After a car accident, I tried to do everything I did before, trying to ignore the pain signals from my body telling me to stop. I completely screwed up my body and will suffer for life unable to participate in so many things. Put your health first, as you only have one body.
artists/performers deserve to take time to heal....for all they give us they have the right to do what they need to continue being able to produce. they’re humans not machines. don’t be selfish
Morris Day had a hip replacement and was so impressed with the results he tried to encouragement Prince to consider it. But of course Prince passed up his advice because he didn't want to risk taking a break from his schedule.
After retiring and moving to a new location, I made a personal commitment to myself to stay on top of my health, so I visited the doc and took a physical. So far everything is good.
MEN- don't take ANYTHING for granted, YOU do the same.
DaMayorOfNewYork - Hence the reason why Sheila E. underscored the importance of making one's health a top priority. The reports concerning the circumstances surrounding his death revealed that he had medical insurance. But he also had several homes in the surrounding Chanhausen suburbs, Paisley Park, and another luxury home out in Turks and Caicos as well as one outside of Toronto.
He HAD money. Everyone who was in his inner circle claimed he was so focused on and committed to his fans and his live performances.
So whereas he may have stretched his capitol too tightly, he always worked at a feverish pitch taking brief "rehab" breaks from his studio work at the bequest of his
former wives. But it's been said: " Anyone who marries Prince has to accept the fact that his first "wife" is his music." No one expected him to quit, but it certainly wouldn't have killed him to slow down or take a much deserved break to see to his health.
DaMayorOfNewYork - Glad you shared that. Indeed, dude got in way over his head. He was perhaps the only musical artist who never regretted how his fame prevented him from a "normal" lifestyle that folks like you and I can enjoy such as walking out in public, going on vacation, getting out and enjoying the many cities he visited. To Prince - such a sheltered existence WAS his lifestyle. I couldn't believe he didn't have a will! I respected him as one of modern music's MOST incredible musicians but the decisions he made, made no sense to me.
Prince actually did have the hip surgery. Jimmy Jam and Morris Day confirmed that.
DaMayorOfNewYork nevertheless he seeked some sort of assistance with his hip.
So did Shelia....they each had replacement but Prince was Jehovah Whiteness and they cant do a replacement without a poss blood transfusion. He did have a scraping but that is only good for 6 months. A replacement would have ended all the pain right away.
She is awesome!! Quite a bit of pain and suffering in the entertainment world - but in the end, they all do what they love. It's a harsh reality that the body doesn't always cooperate.
Thank you for your insight everything she said is so true, Think about it,He was definitely a precious entertainer. Gave us such happiness and joy, RIP Prince you are missed
This is very sad about Prince! He became addictive to painkillers!! Both Prince and Shelia love to perform and did so much for the fans!! Thank you Shelia for your candid interview!!💜💜
Prince's musical catalog, both released and unreleased has aged like a fine wine. Funny how you develop a deeper appreciation for certain things as your senses and mind ages...the very same things that as a younger person you could not really processes the way you can now. Harmonically Prince knew exactly where and when to carefully place phrases, sequences and chunks of music and experimentation in the studio. You listen to songs like Pop Life, you feel emotions that you can't even describe with words - spectrums of feelings you can't really feel until you listen to ONLY Prince. His sound contained its own vocabulary of colors and feelings - like he created and owned his own color and sound palettes! His true genius is how different people have wildly-varying interpretations of these thoughts and emotions and how we all arrive at the same destination of fanship and love for him and his music!
Sheila E. we in the Bay Area thank you for bringing Prince living in Cali for a time, Keep up the funk !
Prince was physically dependent on painkillers, but I will never believe that he was abusing them. I believe he got a tolerance for them, and started to get them from others, possibly off the internet. He took medication having no idea fentanyl was in it. He only weighed 112 pounds at the time of his death. It probably took him over quickly. It breaks my heart that he died alone in an elevator.
jenny h According to the sister Tyka he told her 3 years ago that he was dying. I do believe he had a terminal illness and took the drugs to ease the pain
jenny h , 👁 feel the same ... 👁 can't believe it ... purple love 2 you 💜💜💜
I do know all about that drug, I am very ill and I hated it, you never know you are on it, it is a very strange drug. When you take to much your lungs stop working and you don't even know you took to much. My heart goes out to him, so wish he would have gone to pain management because they take good care of you and watch how much you are given to the weight of your body.
jenny h 😢💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜❤️
DaMayorOfNewYork no. I used to be an alcoholic due to the fact that my father died when I was 27. How could i be prepare for that? But did I ever look forward to the booze?
Now, i like one whiskey neat, maybe two if the night is late. But I had no friends back then and no support circle. Instead I am in Boston trying to figure out power of attorney and staying in a hotel in walking distance snd he had so much cancer. Brain tumor operated on twice and seeing the blood bags and seeing his cognition fail, and when... if we got that eradicated then we could move to the other organs and keep trying. These are the moments where you say "I need a drink".
All the restaurants on the way back to hotel are bars, a drink becomes 3, becomes 6, becomes 9... because the only thing worse than that would be finishing the walk to the hotel, alone, wondering what worse than today tomorrow will bring.
I was all off a sudden physically dependent. But, I dont consider myself and addict. i tried to start weening myself from booze on my own, i almost killed myself from sickness. I has seizures. I went to rehab only for 9 days, because after i survived under supervision there was a plan for every day. Ans the next week the ssme plan. And etc. And etc.
Looking at people talking a out how they drank rubbing alcohol, or what they would do for one more hit of heroin while he had been there at rehab almost 2 months and received saboxone to keep them not craving and at first helps the opiod detox process, something alcoholics dont have the luxury of having, and this guy was there for two months and it hadnt sunk in. He want just one more hit still.
Things like that made me realize my was physical, I was physically better, and I am not craving one more drink like guy two months later. I never had at my worst. I just had no one... bar v empty hotel room while you know you are about to lost not just your parent but your best friend. He was a frontman, and band leader, band member, songwriter, producer, and a few times an actor. And just the nicest guy. I never got to take him to Prince, but he took me to my first concert at 6, Paul McCartney. Then YES, then Bon Jovi, at least 60 shows together,,, never mind his own shows and if i were there it would turn into our show band be damned singing all our favorite beatles songs abd journey songs and whatever. But there i am, I had no one while watching the one i had...
I never was someone who really liked alcohol and yet it took so long to remove myself from that dependency and i think Prince when through same thing. Not an addiction seeker. Physical dependency.
I wa5a in show business and I did TV, I was in RENT and somehere around 20 other shows and i was always the lead. When shiela says it is a bitch even if it is the only thing that drives us. It is very true. I also went to the best children theater at the time and what is still the best arts high school in the cointry. Classes. Shows. Falling off a stage in a blackout but no one had put glowtape there yet. And many faceplants rehearsal.
In one show where it was my last 3 shows before I left i got the worst laryngitis that i sounded like an old lady smoking cigarrettes through a tube in my throat but I had been carrying that show for months and it is close to my heart and if there was any way i would not be missing them.
A doctor earlier in the day prescribed me a few Z-packs (prednisone) and said they would get me through. But I was in a 3 hr show and onstage for 2:45hrs. And i sounded like i had COPD and Lung cancer. But he told me it works so I said how come you are prescribing me so many pscks, and unlike other prednisone uses he said, because you are going to have to take the WHOLE pack like 2 and a half hours before each show, it will work about 30 min before through pretty much 30 min after and theb you will sound like this again. And you will probably sing better than you ever have so please dont get any ideas, there are too many people in this business that have your situation, but they arent at the end of a run, they are in the middle of a giant tour and the tickets are sold and l, well, a lot of people are addicted. They even have to have it on an off day because they are physically dependent even if the vocal problem is gone.
Which brings me to, I had to have a hip replacement last January which I should have had probably in June the year before. I was lucky that I am good at pushing through but I had oxycodone and morphine for 8 months straight. They offered fentanyl and I said no, that will make me loopy and though i cant even walk right now what i am on helps enough with some NSAIDS amd I will live. Trust me if it gets any worse (it was BAD) I will ask for it.
But I held it together and 8 months on opiod pharmaceuticals isnt a cake walk to ween yourself off of but i did. Our body makes its own opiods but only so many. When you dont need much opioid supplementation people get loopy. When your pain so bad that every internal opioid and external suppliment is used and you are not high at all, that means the pain is so bad even the supplement was not enough. Next step higher dosage and maybe Fentanyl.
Now STREET Fentanyl is not patch hospital strength which is already high. The fact that two little crumbs on the street could kill you.... its different.
So if someone laced his pills not knowing that thevstreetvwas gettin dangerous, it wasnt yet a big problem, it could be accidental while trying to help
Or malicious. Or who knows.
I DO know this: ANYONE that has been going through that mucj pain and pain meds for years probably isnt feeling loopy and what ever drug or dose and decides that they dont even want rehab, they DONT EVEN LIKE taking this shit, feels like sjit, but there is pain, and sickly episodes are happening never mind you just dont feel right and YOU make a call to a specialist instead of a rehab it is because YOU KNOW YOU NEVER EVEN LIKED THIS STUFF, REHAB IS TO RETRAIN YOU MIND BUT THAT ISNT WHAT YOU NEED,
WHAT YOU NEED IS FOR YOUR BODY TO NOT WANT THIS BS BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN HATES IT...
Its different. Your mind and soul is no addict. But if your body is... yiu cannot tell your body no more candy for you, cuz it just might kill you.
The full circumstances are still fuzzy but knowing my own experience if you are a seeking addict
....Your family calls am intervention while you call to meet your dealer on the way so you can make it through the intervention.
You dont call on your own call an expert because something clearly feels very wrong
Maybe he didnt do it soon enough because he cant stop working, maybe it hit him hard and fast, maybe it was the people surrounding.. but if you are an addict one hit more always wins
You dont call for help on your own.
Addiction is mindset. Dependancy is not, and might be worse. Prince was not an addict.
Even if I am wrong, apply what I said to a lot of pthers you may know, as that is the main difference. And do not judge them, they need you not lecturing. They need you on their side.
I used to wear heels 👠 and was amazed that y'all were still wearing them. One day I couldn't stand wearing them anymore because they hurt too much. I was tired of "beauty hurts." I knew jumping off stuff in heels had to be painful. I didn't love y'all because of your jumping. No, I loved y'all because you were the ultimate entertainers, not the ultimate jumpers!
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think it was in Sign O the Times in which you led a group of drummers!!! Oh, was that boss!!! I thought that segment should have been a lot longer.
I wouldn't have cared what you wore on your feet-- you could be barefoot, like Sade!
I loved it when you came to BB King in NYC, and you interacted with all of you audience even though you were entertaining simultaneously. I'll never forget that you looked directly at me and smiled!
Sheila E! Sheila E! Sheila E!
A million thanks!!!
I didn't
I miss you Prince. RIP
I understand the debilitating power of physical pain. Thank you, Sheila, for explaining this so well. You and P were musical athletes who sacrificed your bodies for the love of music and your fans. Thank you. Btw, your book was beautifully written. Plove
Star Mac Musical Athlete I like that!
Sheila E. I'm so glad you wrote about your life with Prince!!!
Thank you Shelia
So so sad!!
Thank you for this insight. 💔 what these great performers do to entertain us. Miss him so much 😘
I wish more artists would reveal the truth of their struggles because no one is invincible. Prince pushed the limits until he couldn't go on further. It was his choice but I wish he would have sought help. I miss his presence on this earth. It's not the same without him.😢
Tiffany "Neccessarydiva" Jackson Couldn't agree with you more. All he had to do was present an award to someone and he'd receive a standing ovation. I know he has found a place in Heaven. 😔
@Tiffany, beautifully said and I agree. There are no words that could do justice in regards to how much I miss Prince. I was hooked as soon as I heard "Little Red Corvette" and have been a fan ever since... I saw him in concert many times through the years and he was incredible! He really gave it his all, every single time. How sad to think he was doing something he loved to do and that the fans loved in return, never really knowing back in the day that it would eventually take its toll on him in the worst possible way. It's tragic. Like you said, I wish he sought help for his pain, but it's also true it was his choice not to. I miss him so much, and even now, can't fully accept that he's gone because we lost someone who was so magnetic, so influential, inspirational, a true genius in every sense of the word and so much more... Thank you Prince for everything you gave to the world... RIP, your Purple Majesty...
sadly, not speaking up about how you feel is mistakenly taken to be a sign of strength, but perhaps admitting to how we feel should be seen instead as strength. i know 2 people - men - who recently committed suicide rather than share how they feel, when their gone we all cannot help feeling...if only he had shared it with me, i would have stayed close to him and helped him find a way....
Kumara Deen-Ashir
U wouldn't did tihs. U woulda said, I gotta pay my billz, when Prince
told u, & millionz mo - I'm done payin da IRS. They not gittin anutha SINt. U woulda been..... Well datz yo stupid azz, lil man. I'm payin my taxez.
FOH
April 2020...I still miss💜 PRINCE 💜...like his song......"Sometimes It Snows In April........💔💔💔
It's just human! So sad that they did'nt want to show people their weakness, but who wants to da that? 💜💜💜❤️
Sheila, such a wonderful woman and ALWAYS has been and ALWAYS will be Prince's TRUE LOVE. love as a sister, mother, friend, lover, spiritual.
for the media to make it sound like Prince died a 'junkie trying to get a fix' is the most DISRESPECTFUL thing you could say about a man, who gave HIS LIFE to ALL US, ALL YOU, so much so it left him in SEVERE PAIN. true pain patients don't take meds to get high. they take them to make this mind numbing pain go down to a level that you can bear. his doctors failed him by giving him what they did. they make strong pain meds for people like him and people like ME. doctors just don't want to lose their precious license.
we treat animals better than we do humans in this country.
if you seen a dog, whimpering, in pain, a vet would help them or euthanize them.
we are told 'suck it up' no way out. so, physician heal thyself.
WOW! What a testimony! So many people need to hear this!
Its sad how the media will try to rip away all the love we have for the few great artists. Prince will be missed because he had his own style and most was able to fall in love with his sound and performance. Love you forever Prince.
You gotta look at it this way, imagine all the performances he did, all the dancing, splits, movements constantly during each 2-3 hour show! That's A lot of wear and tear on the human body you look at retired athletes a lot of them clearly say that they are in pain from being in professional sports will being a performer is the same thing and yes I know for a fact that Prince was in pain.
Charles Thomas
How many atheletez xpire from drug addiction, due 2 pain management issuez?
Ron Beck I understand but how many athletes perform from the age of say 15-17 until they are in their late 50's or older most major sports athletes retire before 40... Football, Basketball, Baseball. Golf is probably the only sport that allows an athlete to play into their 50's. Performers like Prince do hundreds of concerts all around the world over many years and I bet you the grind is way more than that of any athlete! We see athletes taking games off when they are hurting but I bet if you checked most performers not just Prince have played in less than desirable shape because the show doesn't go on without them like in sports! Just try doing what MJ, Whitney, Prince etc did in life and I bet you wouldn't feel the good towards the end either!
Charles Thomas
Charlez - da record ndustry, wouldn't bite, so I didn't have da opportunity 2 try. Charlez - HUMAN LIFE, IZ A GRIND - & still many of us, r not on pain medz. I have no doubtz, dat many r xpiring, due 2 pain med O.D.z, BUTT I - THINK - I know a cover-up, when I c 1.
Da reason humanity sufferz from da grind, iz cause we have masterz. Our masterz, r sumtimez good 4 us, BUTT mo often bad 4 us, & only CONcerned wit their well being. Da benevolent masterz, teach us our work ethic. Work ethic, can b xtremely good 4 da mind, body, soul, & pocketbook. So many slovenly folkz r poor, bcause they have no work ethic. Prince learned his winning work ethic, from his dad.
We also have our non-benevolent faction. Da kind dat xpectz 18 hourz of work 4 less than 18 centz. Da kind, whose greed & avarice, know no boundz. We r not gonna git from under dis heap of dung, which they r, by being undastanding & admitting.... NO - LYING 2 OURSELVEZ & OTHAZ, dat Prince O.D.ed. If Prince O.D.ed, they'd of made sure u could c dat tihs, b4 it happened. Not just claim it happened & then quickly git rid of ALL trace of da Purple Maestro! I'M NOT BUYIN DAT, 4 A DOLLAR & u sir, r a fool, if u do!
It mayb about time 2 either b da land of da free, & da home of da brave, or we r gonna find ourselvez 2 b, da land of da wimpy, & DUH home of da slave. We r SERIOUSLY veering @ permanently bein slavez, 4 da rest of dis countryz/corporationz, xistance.
Ron Beck I hear what your saying and I agree! I just hate that peeps say he was a drug addict I just don't like that!! I think he gave his all to his fans/ friends and he should be allowed to RIP without people soiling him! Alright, good discussion I like intelligent debate!
Charles Thomas
YUPPERZ!!!!
I don't even like da thought of Prince doing pain management, bcause I LOVED his anti-drug stance. Yet - I must admit da possibility, bcause Prince did ecstasy wit Ingrid Chavez & xperienced a bad trip, which iz whut he blamed da black album on.
Othaz say, Prince wuz a closet coke-head. I didn't personally know Prince, so I gotta admit dat dis tihs, could b true. Dat ncludez da possibility of O.D.
Prince, knew whut drugz could do 2 u. Ask Pepe. Ask Andre Cymone! They were there n da bginning.
I know dat rich pocketz, can buy up all da airtime. Remember Ross Perot?
Let me say dis, & I'll end. Jimi Hendrix died, & they blamed drugz. Turnz out, da bloke dat did da autopsy, sayz Jimi died from about a gallon of red wine, n his lungz. Jimi, did not like red wine, so itz doubtful dat he drank da wine, & later threw it up, thus drowning himself n it. Itz mo likely, sumbody waterboarded Jimi.
I don't want Princez legacy sullied, by drug addiction, either. If he wuz murdered, dat iz even mo of a waste & oh so sad, bcause da powerz dat b - R - striving 2 sully Princez legacy. I wuz n a RUclips 4um, 4 an unaired Prince performance of CONTROVERSEY, on da Ellen show. Dspite a stellar performance, a dickhead asked - IZ DIS DA PERFORMANCE WHERE PRINCE CRAPZ HIS PANTZ, TAKEZ EM OFF, THROWZ EM N2 DA AUDIENCE, & THEY STILL CHEER HIM? While we were klownin da dude, sum chick cumz n & asked - HOW DID U KNOW HE CRAPPED HIS PANTZ? U KNOW DATZ WHUT DRUG ADDICTZ DO, DON'T U? So I take dis VERY SERIOUSLY!!!! I say, I'm not n2 Joseph Gobbelz propaganda theoriez. I don't care how many timez they repeat, Prince O.D.ed, I'm not buyin it! I never saw evidence of it. Here I wuz, watching a spectacular Prince performance, dat evabody LOVED, ncluding Ellen, yet sumbody on paTROLL, wuz SINt 2 CONvince us, dat Prince wuz high & add nsult 2 njury, had crapped himself.
SMH
Blieve these lyin azz snakez, if ya wanta, man. I just, CAN'T!!!
Thank you for all the wonderful P information. I look forward to your channel everyday!
Heres the problem the human body has a shelf life. No matter how you feel mentally and emotionally you feel young you want to throw yourself into everything you have the adrenalin pumping but that's not the truth of how your body is feeling. The older you get the more things hurt the more all the abuse you did to your body over the years accumulates and as you get older your body starts to break down. You add that with the pain he still carried with him of his youth losing two children two marriages him being alone all the time and lonely then you couple that with intense injuries then a dependence on pain killers just to function.......... you have a recipe for disaster. Prince was never a "druggy" the fact that now he was dependent on something that at any other point in his life he would have laughed in your face at the idea of him ever touching that garbage to where he was now what was he to even think about himself let alone those around him and his fans what were they to think of him?? This put that mans back up against the wall where was he to go with this how was he going to explain how he got caught in this trap and how was he going to get out of this. He was in the greatest of all turmoil about this. I'm sure he never felt more alone in his life. He was in great pain on every level I know. Anyone who knows Prince well enough can see these things. My heart breaks for him STILL and it always will my poor poor Prince.
Don Won ..well said. The worst feeling for me too is knowing he was lonely.
Hi Lily .......... yeah he was like that I think more often then not. He lived his whole life on a stage that was his home and his audiences / fans were his family. I think there was more to it then he just loved playing for people no doubt he did but think about whats been said of how long he would play at times. A full concert for a few hours then an after club for hours more then he would invite people back to either his home or hotel till long into day light. I don't believe the whole truth is that he didn't want the party to end I don't think he wanted to be alone. You cant really enjoy being alone when that's all you ever are is alone and I think Prince was alone a lot especially growing up the fact that his family in very many ways especially as a child who needed his family abandoned him left a gaping hole a huge void in that man and he over compensated in many different ways. The thing is until he left we weren't privy to seeing his life all laid out like it is now and watching all these videos its plain to see all that he was in totality or close to and how he really felt you cant miss it he wore his heart not on his sleeve but on his face and in his eyes. My take on this is the things that hurt him most emotionally did well to help break him down psychically. When your hearts hurting its not long before your body follows suite its usually what ends up shortening a persons life. He had no one there for him not while he was alive and not when he died either. Those that called themselves his "friends" yeah no comment on that thanks. For a man that gave everyone his all he got nothing back in return not really and not in the ways he really needed it. That man died as much from a broken heart if not more so then from a bunch of pills. The pills may have ended his life but that's not what got him to that point in the first place. Funny how SE says well I was in pain so I'm sure he was......... so when you call yourself someone's friend you never have a talk with them saying hey are you alright??? You guess at it? I don't know maybe I'm just different if someone's hurting I can fell it across the world and I'm Johnny on the spot and trust me you aint goin nowhere till you tell me what's goin on or you aint walkin out that door. I don't believe in letting a friend drown no matter how much they themselves may want to if you aint lookin out for you I sure as hell will be. Apparently Prince didn't have anyone there like that or he would still be here. I'm angry at those who were around him for letting this happen to him it never should have been like that never. His own sister admits that she KNEW he was in trouble 3 years before and yet her only thought was oh boy I'm gonna go buy some new jewelry for his funeral .......... I cant even tell you just how livid it makes me she sat by for 3 years hoping soon her brother would die how cold blooded is that??? Nobody really cared for that man nobody and don't you think he knew that? Don't you think that broke his heart even more he was alone he was sick he was in pain and nobody gave a sh*t wow may those that did that to him fall to there knees and beg God and Princes forgiveness for that. Sorry for the long message ........ I sit here night after night an cry for him I'm bettin nobody but us fans do that bettin those that were there before he left don't. Sad so stinkin sad. Peace Sis.
Don Won ..i totally agree with every word. Like you I think it (loneliness) started in his childhood and never really left. I do think that however many companions he had, it was just a front- a warm body maybe. Inside, I don't think many understood him. On another forum we are discussing his relationship with Vanity, coz she seems to have been the person who came closest to understanding him, & the person he called out for before he passed. Like you, I wonder whether his "friends"(people around him, more like), ever question themselves as to how they could've helped him or been there for him. I think he wasn't easy to get close to but at the same time I don't think many people tried, truly tried. I also think his performing continuously was again a front. His eyes AND his lyrics gave him away. I hope he's at peace now, away from earthly difficulties.
Lily I'm gonna tell you something, something I have been telling others from the very beginning so its not a new story either you may not understand or even believe it but its the truth. I don't know what if any relationship you have with God but God is a major part of this. Last Jan when David Bowie died I was in a state of shock, I had been a fan of his since forever but he came 2nd only to Prince who had always been A#1 for me an to say David came 2nd was like saying David was on earth an Prince was on the moon nothing an no one could even come close to touching what an who Prince always was to me. Anyway when David died my very next thought was of Prince I got this over whelmingly bad feeling that something was very very wrong with Prince so I started praying please Lord don't let anything bad happen to Prince please Lord protect Prince take care of him I cant lose both of them especially not Prince. Then April came it was the worse day of my whole life. I thought I was gonna literally die I have heart problems an I got the worse pain in my chest. I went into over drive I begged God to please tell me that Prince was up there with Him. Being that Prince was a JW I knew they didn't exactly believe what other Christians believed I had no clue exactly what relationship Prince really had with God but I never doubted that Prince truly loved God but that's a personal thing between anyone of us and God no one but God truly knows what's in a persons heart but God Himself. But I did really believe that Prince always loved the Lord of that I had no doubt so I went to bat for Prince pleading his case to the Lord begging God to please take Prince home to Him and to please tell me that that was the case that Prince really did go home to Him I could not bare the thought that Prince could ever go anywhere else but to God Himself that if any man belonged to God it was that man. This went on for a week, in the mean time I had heard the rumors that maybe Prince had been killed which made me cry all the harder made me beg God all the more to tell me that that wasn't how Prince went out. For a solid week I cried morning noon an night in my sleep when I did eventually fall asleep that is I lost 9 pounds couldn't eat couldn't sleep didn't leave the house it was very bad. Let me say this before I go on..... Since the Lord called to me 10 years before that point I was fine with hearing the voice of the Lord. Like the conversations you have with yourself in your own head that is how I have always heard the voice of the Lord and who I had been hearing from was God there was no doubt. He's done many miracles for me so I knew this was the real deal. Now......... A week went by of me crying non stop for and about Prince when finally the Lord answered me. The Lord said he is up here with Me. That's when I heard something or rather someone else. This was the very first time ever that I heard anyone else besides the Lords voice and more over I could see up there and standing right next to Jesus was Prince saying to the Lord tell her it was an accident I never meant to do that never. He could SEE ME??? He could HEAR ME??? AND I could see and hear HIM??? How how was this possible??? I thought ok that's it I cracked I lost it him leaving somehow cracked me now I'm thinkin I can see and hear Prince it has to be I have lost my mind cause this just cant be possible it cant be real it cant be happening that made me cry even harder cause now along with losing Prince I now lost my mind as well. Well....... guess what? Its real and its true. I could see and hear him he could see and hear me and we have been speaking to each other ever since. Listen before you say I cant believe that let me just tell you this ii's me going through this and I cant believe it either STILL! I have countless times put who I'm talking to both God and Prince to the test its near impossible to get my head around this. Over the weeks that followed that first week I was on the very verge of going after Prince yeah yeah yeah Prince was in Heaven great fine wonderful but ya know what I wanna go see for myself I just could not believe all this an I needed badly to go home to go see it for myself. Thing is both God an Prince told me if I left the way I was thinking of going out I wouldn't be coming home at all an I would never get to see either God or Prince. I was in such agony that I couldn't stand it. I don't know if you know anything about the Rapture of the Church but the Lord stopped me from doing myself in with one word......... SOON. I'm gonna stop there there's a whole lot more to all this its very intense and it has yet to stop since Prince left but let me just say you said you hope that he is in peace. The answer is yes except for when he see's me crying all the time he once told me that he cant be in peace when he see's me crying like that it hurts him to see me like that. He said he's sorry he hurt so many people he never meant to, he's told me he wasn't perfect that he made mistake's. He told me something that I'm sure only his family knows now and that is what was really going on with him when he left and why and how he really died. Yes he has seen Denise up there no there is no great love thing romance thing going on between them up there. He tells me often he's not the same man up there that he was here and I can tell you he doesn't look the same either. He looked like he did when he left right up to this past Jan then he went back to looking like he did in 90/91 you remember what he looked like back then? He has both of his sons up there I only got to see one of them. I'll tell you of a test I gave Prince to see if who I was really talking to really was Prince or not. One day in conversation with him a young man walks up to Prince an asks him who hes talking to cause the young man couldn't see or hear me and Prince tells him that he will be along later. I knew just by instinct who this young man was but I asked Prince anyway, who was that? Prince says he's Prince Jr. I'm thinkin Prince Jr???? I thought they named there son Gregory??? Then months later when his X is hitting all the talk shows with her book she says something I had never heard before she say's the real name of there son was Amir meaning PRINCE!!! I almost fell over I never knew that not until now not until Prince told me his sons name was Prince and he called him Prince Jr! This was one of many things that has happened since including stuff about his music that I didn't know an when I went to go look it up it was true. So......... you make up your own mind I'm still trying to make up mine lol. But he's ok up there he wants his new body as do I and that's coming soon too. If you want look up my videos I talk about all this on the video Fit For a King and a Prince the video is the jewelry I made for both the Lord an for Prince some day they will both have what I made them but the video isn't what's important its the testimony I wrote down in the comments section and there's the last video I made for the Lord, Prince and all of Princes fans I'll leave you a link. Peace hon. :) ruclips.net/video/wq_pnCYbOX4/видео.html
Fede4real......... hon on just about everything you said I agree with but that's from the outside looking in....... there's a factor that only the ones who have the autopsy know about. Go look up what the pills he was taking what there actual purpose was for and you will understand. You read what I said about being able to talk to Prince? I can and I do, he told me about something that when he first told me I didn't even want to hear it it was too heartbreaking to hear it months later I was more willing to hear it. The real reason he died hon no one really knows about except his family and they wont tell the public. Then he got sucked into those damn pills. And you know like you said how addiction is he started taking them for the extraordinary pain he was in and it wasn't simply because of his hip pain either. Thanks to his quack Drs who help no one at all they got him hooked on that crap and Prince had no way out on all of this. Very true he painted himself into a corner and he gave himself no way out. There wasn't anyone he felt he could trust no one to lean on no one to turn to. Remember the people around him weren't family he loved them they may have loved him too but not in the way he needed that love that closeness that trust these are people he worked with people who's careers he helped they leaned all over him he was there boss they weren't family he needed someone there for him someone he could turn to there wasn't a soul they knew he was all alone they knew he nearly died listen a real friend someone who claims to love you doesn't take no for an answer so what if he told them to go I would have said no .......... no no no no no! Call the cops on me shoot me but I am not leaving you you are in trouble you need help and there's no way in hell I'm leaving you alone no way. The guy didn't even have a cell phone he said it himself he never had one he couldn't even call for help where was his body guard? Your right about him being a proud man he was the strongest man I have ever seen but he was a man that suffered in silence and the people around him either they were blind as a bat or they just plain didn't give a sh*t I can see he was suffering from here and they couldn't see what was right in front of there faces??? The girl he was with on the plane with she said she never knew he was doing any kind of drugs she didn't know he was in that kind of pain why not??? And she said she loved him??? He didn't love her he didn't trust her enough to tell her anything. Listen hon when I love someone if there across the world I know what's going on with them without a word I can feel it I can pick that up. It was 4 months before he died and I knew something was wrong with him now you tell me why a total stranger can feel that yet those around him couldn't? He didn't want them around him? Well too bad he would have had to have me arrested to get me away from him what were they too afraid that they would stop getting his help with there careers?? Tough sh*t that's a human being the hell with your careers! How's he helping them now being he died cant squeeze blood out of a stone. What about his so called sister who she herself said she knew he was "dying" 3 years before she was so happy about that she went shopping what the bleep is that??? Your brother tells you he's not long for this world an you go on a shopping spree to celebrate?? How much more cold hearted can you be??? Had he been my brother I would have told him no you will live and not die and I aint going no where I am going to be right here to take care of you!!! Damn right I blame others for his demise they could have been there for him instead they chose not to be they were selfish and self centered to the core that's why he told no one he already knew they didn't give a damn. Are we all responsible for ourselves yes does that mean we have to get stuck with people who are only with you for what they can get from you and who are never really there when you really need them? NO. This is the real reason people die every day in this world because nobody really gives a sh*t plain and simple. You can drop dead in front of somebodies feet and they'll just walk right over you. Cold blooded people with no heart for another living soul. My heart breaks to this very second STILL for that man. What a dirty rotten shame he spent all of his time on a stage because that was really the only home he ever really had full of crowds of strangers that loved him more then the ones who knew him on a day to day basis what a shame that's why he threw himself into his music he had nobody waiting for him no one to welcome him home. It kills me makes me sick to think about that makes me want to punch the people in his life. I cant wait to leave this sick demented world. Sorry not mad at you hon just mad in general and when you add what happened to Prince......... its like scooping my guts out with a spoon. Peace.
He sang "I Will Die 4 U" and that he did...on so many levels. I will never forget watching his interview with Tavis. Tavis razzed him about the jumping and splits. Prince said he will continue doing it until he couldn't no more. I knew then that the day of reckoning was coming because at the time of the interview he would have been around 41 yrs or so. Prince did what he wanted to do. I feel so bad about it because he should have stopped in the 80s. Even at his concert in 99 at Paisley Park, he still was doing the splits about 4 to 6 in a row. The brotha was so talented, he didn't need to do all of that. He didn't take a break. I wish he had. I still think his passing was a set up tho. He knew his time was up because they were going to finish the job they had started from the beginning...
nishani3 The greatest thing about Prince is that he didn't have any limitations. The saddest thing about Prince is that he didn't have any limitations.
D_E_A_D_M_A_U_5 I would die 4 u. April is the 4th month and u is the 21 st letter in the alphabet. 4-21 is when he died!
Comments like this are unfortunate. Because they spread amongst fans and fams and therefore, they look at Prince doing the splits on the 1999 tour, or Parade tour, Sign O The Times, Nude, etc. etc. and think that Prince should NOT have done any splits or jumping. Sheila is EXAGGERATING that Prince would jump off 3 story elevations, it's preposterous and yet here you are and many other fams taking this as fact. Prince danced because he was ATHLETIC and could DO IT AND he was small in stature, so therefore he was light and could perform many of those dances because he could physically do it with EASE. If Prince was 5 foot 8 or 9, weighing 140 to 200 lbs, and jumping off Piano's then maybe I can see it. But there is NO evidence verified by actual doctors, medical professionals that indicate Prince had any injuries or his dancing, which HE LOVED TO DO, had anything to do with fentanyl or opioid abuse. .::Modernaire
wendileona
GOD.....
I LOVE U!!!
( & dis ain't just a silly love song. )
Thanks! It's true. The perception of Prince as abusing his body is ridiculous and Sheila and others providing this view is detrimental not only to the enjoyment of Prince's best work, but marring his legacy. There is also the factor of diet - Prince became a hardcore vegetarian/vegan at the behest and influence of Mayte who's a big animal rights activista. Prince got even skinnier around the mid 90s. Could have that had something of a negative affect or acerbated any hip and or knee issues? Or created them? Who knows. .::Modernaire
Thank u for this. Sheila E: I am so glad to hear you are getting adjusted and that you tried to encourage Prince to do so. I sent a letter to Paisley Park in 2012 to encourage him to do the same. "Yes, you do need to get adjusted!" Love it.
Prince wore steel heels think on
Prince had more psychological pain than physical pain. His tremendous pride caused him to keep it all secret. Instead of coping, he tried to erase his past. You can not eradicate your past. It will come back to haunt the soul and trouble the spirit. I also think Prince was done on this side. He lived a great life, wealthy beyond, incredible friends, talents galore and admired by all. Yet and still, those things could not save his life! I loved him and when I take my last breath, I will first seek out his soul to tell him how much he meant to the inhabitants of the world.
Prince had legit pain and the drugs were powerful it was an accident no controversy or scandal why does the media need to sensationalize a celebrity dying its sad enough without strangers speculating and making up things
HIS royal badness rest in eternal peace king 👑💔🕊️🎸🎹🙏🏽
I needed to hear that. Thank you Sheila E.
I feel so sad when I hear or read about people saying that Prince was doing drugs. Like if he did drugs to get high. I don't believe that. He couldn't look or act like he did. He was always looking well and mentally he always seem well inform about everything that was happening. A person who is in drugs don't look like Prince and would not be able to act like him. I do believe he was in pain and needed help, but I don't think that been in this situation would make him a drug addict. I belive that we should be more loving caring and understanding about what it is when someone is in pain. Prince was human, a special person that gave us himself, his music and everything that he could. We should not be judges, but we should remember him like the wonderful and talented person that he was. You are missed and you are so loved. Rest in peace my sweet Prince.
I think that when you're young you think you're invincible. But, an illness or any life altering event can change your mindset ONLY if you allow it to. Being everything to everybody other than yourself can take a toll. You either take a break or two to rejuvenate or you keep living your life as you see fit regardless of the consequences. On a sidenote, since Prince and Mozart had so many similarities, I really hope Prince's life story will be similar to Amadeus-a four hour long epic!
Dana Vixen
So far, dat bio-pic they did, wuz a cumplete, travesty!
1 thang dat will b similar, iz da phony deathz. Prince, wuz probably murdered by sum kinda money/power hungry goonz, while Salieri had absolutely nuthin 2 do wit Mozartz death. So n dat SINse, both moviez will contain deathz, which r cumplete hoaxez/liez.
Dana Vixen are you aware that the Mozart character in the movie and the real Mozart are two different things?!? Amadeus was not supposed to be a biopic per se. The point of the movie is to show what happens when a hard working mediocrity (Salieri) becomes angry and jealous of a nonchalant cocky genius.
Sheila E still fine as hell. That girl still looks good.
Sheila you are a great and fantastic woman a Symbol for us all How Prince was and is.I hope Really you can cure your pain.Good Lück I hold both Thumbs for you.
Prince and Sheila was the baddest to do it together.
The only female to keep up with Prince.
The others fell off.
I love you Sheila.
We'll miss you forever Prince RIP
Prince was no longer young any more that pain gets worse with age. It was his job to keep the show going. No telling how much he might had suffered in his pain.
Love You, Sheila !
#legend
Prince was in alot of pain cuz he broke his body down doing what he loved performing for us fans by dancing and jumping off those high risers in high heels injuring his hips, kness and joints..Sheila E knew Prince was in pain cuz Sheila was also in pain her self from playing the drums in heels all the time ..People have to realize..these performers bodies are like athletes and they are not energerizer bunnies..😞
@Sherita Jones Prince was not very muscular and it made him get injured easily on stage. Muscles are there to protect your bones. By becoming a vegan Prince lost a lot of weight and he broke his hips on stage. When Prince was living with Vanity in the 80's she encouraged him to eat more protein and lift weight to pack on muscles. Some athletes like Lebron James and Serena Williams are muscular so they don't get injured easily while playing their sports.
Fiona3000 Well ..all i can say is he looked healthier when he was with Vanity, Sheila E and his 2nd wife Manuela..BUT when he was with his 1st wife IS when he became a vegan i believe his 1st wife introduced him to the vegan diet and that's when he really started to look thinner and thinner..at least to me anyway.
NO ..I BEEN talked about Prince breaking his hips and body down by jumping off of high risers..in his heels and I ALSO posted about Sheila E's lung collapsing and she wasnt able to promote her album 'Sex Symbol' ..I posted all of this on different sites b4 this site was even posted.
@Sherita Jones When Prince was with Vanity and Sheila E. he was eating meat. When he was with Manuela he was a vegan and he hired a nutritionist to help him eat healthy. But when Prince was with Mayte I beileve he stopped eating because he had lost a massive amount of weight.
Fiona3000 I KNOW cuz when he was with Mayte..he really was too l thin..I think that vegan diet along with the stress in their marriage and the stress of WB really took a toll on him..
I love you prince, purple tears
This video is very great
Even "the dream job" has a place in time...
As to say, when One is running with the torch for to long of a time,
Ones teammates are sacrificed and a systematic slave is created...
As to say again, "the torch" >must< be past...
And be GOOD to your body..., and other people bodies to...
Remember A better WE SO ME =AWESOME US...
Within the hopes this helps...
Dec 12 People are Heaven sent.
Thanks for the data!
He wrecked his hips and joints jumping around and doing the splits during his performances and like Sheila E wearing high heals almost all the time....I feel someone should have stopped him from doing all that jumping from heights and doing the splits during his concert days.
William Blake
Who wuz gonna do dat?
Becky Madrid
2 b honest, I didn't even think Prince stopped jumpin from riserz, due 2 pain, Becky. I just ASSumed, da prohibitive cost of nsurance, finally stopped Prince from doin these acrobatic featz. I wuz surprised, he continued, 4 azz long azz he did. I remember, shortly after AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY, da album, wuz released, hearing dat da band, U2, could no longer use a set piece, bcause da nsurance company told them it wuz 2 dangerous. Verily, I said 2 myself, datz gonna stop all dat jumpin around, Prince does, yet homeboy wuz still jumpin off pianoz, n da 90z!
Becky Madrid
YUPPERZ!!!
I didn't think anything of it, back n da day. I went on 2 work construction, & let me tell u.... I learned a 6 foot fall, can SERIOUSLY damage u! So Prince, jumping down stackz like dat, wuz VERY foolhardy. I'm sure he didn't think nuthin of it, bein young & dumb.
IF ONLY WE COULD TURN BACK TIME! I'd prefer havin Prince here, 2 seein him jump off stackz, n hi-heelz. SMH
William Blake
The man was an ENTERTAINER!!! He was young and on top of the world!!! It had nothing to do with him being "young and dumb", obviously he WASN'T that!! If anything, maybe foolish sometimes. But still, I don't think he regretted it at all. And he was HELL of a performer/entertainer!!!
Nonameisthename 1
Young & dumb, iz not meant azz an nsult. Itz a sayin, n termz of thangz u do azz a young, nvincible man, dat u know better than 2 do, upon reflection, n later life.
Also know, dat I don't blieve Prince died from an O.D. I don't care dat DUH boob tube said it, Tyka sayz it, or even Shelia ( WHO I GREATLY ADMIRE!!! ) sayz it.
I think sumthin else called MURDER happened. Datz anutha reason 4 da dismissive young & dumb comment. Sorry 2 hurt ur Purple feelingz. NOT NTENDED!
Hip and back pain is hard to take he died sadly of an accident caused by severe pain
People like Sheila - Morris - Jimmy Jam speak the truth and had a personal relationship with Prince!
Fan's that don't know him still think someone killed him! I go through this conversation with a fellow musician all the time.
When he collapsed and went in the hospital they gave him a shot that wiped out every drug in his system. Now he really was in pain which means he needed more prescription Opioid's then ever!
His sister Tyka said four years earlier he told her told her he was going to die. There are side effects to these prescription's!
So they began remodeling Paisley Park to become a museum! They were doing different era's of his career but only got to the LoveSexy era and he died!
Prescription Opioid's is a epidemic in this country!
At the end of the day he gave us great music and sacrificed his body for us to be entertained!
Prince mad life that much better!
Luv U 4 Ever
royce dock Thank you.
She didn't say he said he was going to die. It was 3 years earlier and he allegedly told her, "I've done everything I've wanted to do." She surmised that meant he was dying, but he never said those words.
brownin329 Go watch her British interviews for "The My Name is Prince Exhibition" at The O2 and she talks about it on a podcast!
royce dock
I don't think anybody, REALLY knew Prince, but Prince. I'm sure there r asspectz 2 him, dat Tyka, Shelia, or Jimmy Jam, knew nuthin about. So we can never call it, man!
Sumthin bout Prince death, does not compute!
Ron Beck Don't go by me go check out the interviews!
People don't understand knee and hip pain.
Nada07able and back pain I am experienced that pain now that's why i tell my girls to take care of yourself
Then, why don't you help people understand. Go.
wendileona I think she meant eat right, exercise,don’t do drugs that sort of stuff I don’t think it was meant negatively
Nada07able I'm living it blown back blown knees blown neck blown shoulders I'm with you
people don't understand chronic pain
William Blake - In an interview with Travis Smiley Prince injured his big toe tripping over a amplifier. When Travis asked Prince I guess that will stop you from jumping off of pianos. Prince response was I am still going to jump off of pianos. So even with an injury he would have never stopped jumping from stages, pianos. Ultimately that is what killed him.
Whatever he was it was no ones business. I just hate he died the way he did.
Agreed. I could make a pretty good guess. But, if Larry Graham hadn't sold him a bill of goods with that bogus religion, he'd be alive today. He did not have to die. He could've been treated. We fly and God didn't give us wings? Well, that's why we have Dr.s and hospitals, too. If only he'd used them.
Barb Ginther agreed
If Prince wouldn't have done all those amazing dance moves, some almost acrobatic, and those amazing wonderful splits and spins during his concert days, you wouldn't have had PRINCE, that amazing pushing the limits Prince, you would of had just another R&B act with amazing songs. Prince did what he did because one, he was athletic and he was small and light and could DO the splits EASY, he could float across the stage in a split-slide, jump of a riser or piano because he was LIGHT. Fans, people, tend to forget that Prince was really athletic and had amazing athletic and dancing ability because of his height.
It wasn't like Prince was 240 lbs coming down on his hips and knees. And also, could any of those issues he had with his hips and or knees also been from playing basketball as a teen? No one ever asks that. If you're a true long time fan and have been very observant following Prince's career, performances and all his changes, you'll notice Prince stopped dancing around the Gold Experience era, flat stopped. Occasionally he'd do a dance or split here and there, but not during the tours. He also at the time lost a lot of weight suddenly from going cold straight into vegetarianism and MAY have contributed to muscle skeletal problems that manifested themselves in his hips and knees.
For Sheila to flat out exaggerate that Prince was jumping off 3 stories high elevations everyday, is irresponsible, inaccurate and lends to pushing the unverified notion that Prince may have been over medicating himself and it got out of hand. Prince was smart. He was very well aware of his body, he had to dance, and I love him for it, for physically manifesting his music and spirituality. That's what Lovesexy was all about. .
.::Modernaire
Oh, Sheila! Luv u, Girl!
I know all about pain baby steroids shots all kinds of meds and nothing works it's a living hell I feel you
Mr Prince was a mf Soldier!) Sheila was a fox when she was younger) damn Vanity &Sheila) but he was going to marry Sheila) damn Sheila you were in pain) but did you turn into a hard core drug addict?) men(Prince) are stronger than women) I still don't want to believe he was a hard core drug addict) something else fishy went on) I still like the "purple-one") it can't be grief? Because I didn't know him personally) I just liked him since ~1978 ~40 yrs) thanx for the music "purple-one") peace)
5annent
DATZ, WHUTZ UP!
But he. needed something to help ease his pain and sadly grew dependentant opiods to help ease his pain..
5annent Actually Sheila has spoken about being addicted to pain killer's due to back pain related to years of performing in high heels.
Sheilah is a lesbian!
5annent ... men or stronger than women. fool shut up!!!
Guess what folks, if Prince was in pain all the time, and Sheila always saw him in pain, then he clearly wasn't poppin' pills like tic tacs as the media has portrayed. If he was poppin' pills like tic tacs, Sheila would have not seen him in pain. So, he was either poppin' pills to mask the pain, or in pain and not poppin' pills, it can't be both. I go with the latter, and Sheila is simply projecting her pain situation onto his. I will say it again, if you are in pain, you are clearly NOT a junky poppin' pain pills, if others see you in pain, you are not poppin' pain pills every day. Apply some common sense and the truth will present itself.
3121 MSound - Exactly common sense reasoning at last!!!!!!!!!
Pain medicine doesn't ever get rid of all of the pain. It merely brings it down some and sometimes it doesn't work at all. I also doubt that he took medications in front of anyone else. As Sheila said, the point is to hide it from everyone. A lot of people have the misconception that even the strongest pain killer will get rid of all of the pain and it's not true.
She is full of bs.
SHEILA on the heels...She's right...Now in mid 60...Still have back/leg problems...from the 20ish cutesy days...meeting dead-lines on portfolio projects due...Yep! Hard-headed and paying for it today...E...described all the symptoms..c/c
A real one, she protected his privacy to the end.
I think asking God for help is part of it, but also it's the desire to want help is also part of it. Like when a person decides they don't want to be die a drug addict, you can ask for help from somewhere, but the act of asking is equally as important.
What she and Morris will never discuss is the fact they both urged him to have hip replacement surgery but he would not because of blood transfusions and the Jehovah Whiteness rule. He did have a scraping of tissue but what that does is cause more pain within 6 months. Poor guy. I sure miss him
I thought I injured myself exercising one day it was the begining of bone disease.
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Damn!
She was reflecting on trying to tame Prince. Girl go on.
Tisha you KNOW she's got stories! I bet those 2 had a blast back in the day. 💜
They were soul mates. They just could not be together all the time.
Degenerative Bone disease I have it.
I used to have the coolest Sheila E poster. hahah. I think it was possibly a drum ad thing of some sort. What a hot Latin women. They all wore lingerie all the time. Then she would play drums. If you weren't sold by then. . . I wonder how long her backstage Johnny lines where. hahahah
Okay that's the end of my confession father. . .
Eye know... I know.
Prince was murdered just like all famous people are. The club killed him. He died 319 days after his 57th birthday. He has a song called 319. He has a song called I would die 4 U spelled with the number 4 and the letter U. So think about this 4/21 like 4 and U is the 21st letter in the alphabet. He died 4-21-2016. 4-21-2016 is 319 days after his 6-7-2015 birthday.
Huh??😑😑
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They ask her about Prince, she talks about herself. She can't answer how he was in the weeks before his death because she didn't know. Prince had not spoken to her in a few years. She wasn't in his inner circle but is desperately trying to act as if she was.
WHAT AND WHY AND HOW..NOTHING IS NOTHING OK NOW WHAT ELSE DO U HAVE TO SAY EASTON...
Was this in the book
Something about her?
No ever heard of prince being on pain a lot tol shrlia mentioned it after his death.ptince had a ptior illness and killed himself with that crap cause he dreaked out when he knew he was dying.he had changed his lifebut probally not before life had changed him.but he did change.
I do not feel sorry for any music performer. If they do have repercussions from the business. They can easily walk away from all that Fame Fortune celebrity in this period, they do not walk away. It's their call they knew what they were doing all that money Fame and celebrity business is business. They do not walk away again. They knew what they were doing. I do not feel sorry for them at all.
When Sheila states 'Prince was in Pain' which Prince is she talking about?? After all their were several different individuals who fulfilled that role Prince was a brand-Prince originally was BLack then later Biracial and then after that another classification no one wants to talk about that tho lol
Put up on a pedestal too much. Like Elvis was. . . although Prince was more or less a chameleon amalgam of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix even Elvis and on and on. . .
Point is: Elvis was on drugs pretty much what? his entire entertainment existence.
Sex, drugs booze fueled a lot of the music industry.
As far as performance injuries go - Go to a ballet and go backstage after and watch bloody bandages being removed from dancers feet.
Just like that INXS song said - It ain't pretty after the show
I have no respect for this chick anymore... She stoled Prince’s symbol and put a butterfly 🦋 over it.
I still like Shelia E as a percussionist (musician) but, when she stole Prince's trademark symbol that was beyond disrespectful!!😕😟 😣 I do not and will not accept that...period!😒
Is it just me or does she make a question about Prince all about herself?
I think, the very few people who truly cared about him, are adding insight, but, still, respecting his privacy even in death. I think the likes of his sister, Mayte, the haters, they want $, and, their 15 minutes of fame and will say anything. Some, jealous, envious, and, attempting to increase their importance in his life.
Sigh. Really, this is somewhat outrageous. My mom walked in heels for most of her life, NEVER EVER had a problem, no toe deformations or hip pains or knee pains, nothing. And, she is of small stature like Prince. Granted, she didn't jump off piano's etc. but Sheila's assertions are almost sensationalistic AND irresponsible. I'll tell you why, because Sheila E is EXAGGERATING and thus fans and fams may actually look back at Prince's work and cringe when he's seen doing the splits or jumping off a drum riser or off a keyboard. It RUINS the legacy to some degree. If fans take these exaggerations to heart, it ruins the experience and enjoyment of those performances. NO, Prince wasn't jumping off 3 story elevations, that's insane... and everyday?!?! In heels??? Prince wore tennis shoes to play basketball many times and in heels, are you going to blame his LOVE of Basketball for his demise? Prince actually stopped doing the splits for a time in the mid 90s, then after 2001 he didn't do splits anymore. It wasn't everyday jumping off 3 stories or doing splits everyday come on. .::Modernaire
Um So Your Mother Was Also Doing Splits And Dancing. Performing Concerts And Jumping Off Of Stage Equipment?? Yeah Great Comparison.
He was no drug addict, he had pain & this particular drug somewhat helped, his body probably got used to it & he needed more to help the pain because it wasn't lasting as long anymore, but it was to much for his body & here we or. ☹