Originally published in April 2016  this post has been updated with an amazing overview of Prince’s philosophy from Linkedin and an archival news video of the childhood prince.

Control your music…Using creative talent to build economic prosperity for self and community was the philosophy the music legend espoused for aspiring musicians.

Prince, Rodgers, Nelson –As fans pay tribute and download the icon’s tunes, aspiring artists would do well to track down and study Prince’s opinions about technology and the changing nature of the music business, and what he believed artists needed to do to avoid being enslaved in an industry that often fails to compensate fairly many members.

Sources

Linkedin.com. Michael Edwards, April 21, 2016
What I learned from Prince…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i-learned-from-prince-leadership-michael-edwards/

CBS.com rare footage of Prince interview as a child during a teacher strike. April 3, 2022.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/prince-rare-footage-1970/

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