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MINNEAPOLIS, WHO BECAME OUR
BIGGEST STAR.
WELL-DONE, JASON.
IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TRYING
TO BRING ALL OF THE ENIGMA, AS I
SAID IN THAT STORY, HE
REINVENTED HIMSELF SO MANY TIMES
AND PART OF WHAT I THINK MADE
HIM SO CAPTIVATING TO US WAS NOT
THAT HE WAS MINNESOTAN, THAT HE
WOULD JUST HAVE PARTIES AT --
WHAT ROCK STAR HAS PARTIES AT
HIS HOUSE.
SO CRAZY.
BUT JUST AN AMAZING LIFE.
I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB
CAPTURING HIS IMPACT ON THE ARTS.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAID
NOBODY'S SPIRIT WAS BOLDER OR
MANY CREATIVE.
OPRAH WINFREY SAID THE DOVES ARE
CRYING NOW.
HE WAS ONES OF THE MOST UNIQUE
ARTISTS OF THE PAST 30 YEARS.
PRINCE IS A HUGE DEAL TO US.
THIS WENT ALL ACROSS THE WORLD,
TRIBUTES ALL THE WAY TO PARIS,
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT, HE'S
TOUCHED SO MANY DIFFERENT CELEB
RIS THE, BUT WE HAVE OUR OUR OWN
PRINCE STORIES.
I LOVE YOURS OF YOUR FIRST
MEMORY OF --
FIRST MEMORY.
OF BUILDING A FORT.
SO VIVID, I HADN'T -- IT HAD
TO BE 2 YEARS OLD, THINKING BACK
TO WHEN THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED,
IN 82.
MY MOM AND I WERE BUILDING A
FORT USING CUSHIONS AND MRANTHS
FROM THE COUCH, AND 1999 WAS
PLAYING AND EVER SINCE THEN, I
THINK I INHERITED IT FROM HER,
BUT PRINCE HAS BEEN A BIG PART
OF OUR FAMILY AND MY LIFE, TOO.
IT IS THAT KIND OF
CONNECTION, WHEN YOU GROW UP
HERE, I FEEL THIS SELFISH
SORROW, THAT YOU HAD THESE
OPPORTUNITIESS OVER THE YEARS
AND I'M SURE SO MANY OF YOU HAD
THESE OPPORTUNITIES, TOO, WHERE
IT'S LIKE, OH, WE COULD GO TOUT PAISLEY PARK.
OH, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT
SURE, DO I WANT TO CATCH THE
BUS, CAN I GET THE BABY-SITTER?
YOU JUST HAD THIS IDEA THAT
PRINCE WOULD POP UP SOMEWHERE
AND YOU'D HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE
AND NOW YOU CAN'T, I ALWAYS
THOUGHT, MAN, I CAN'T WAIT TO
TAKE MY KIDS TO SEE A PRINCE SHOW.
THERE'S TIMES WHERE PEOPLE
ARE SAYING HEY, I SAW HIM BIKING
AROUND TOWN.
I SAW HIM AT THE VIKINGS GAME,
THE FIRST YEAR BRETT FAVRE WAS THERE.
THE PLAYOFF GAME.
HOW WAS HE DRESSED, THOUGH?
FANCY?
YES, OF COURSE.
BUT I LOVE HEARING THE STORIES,
THAT'S MY FIRST MEMORY OF PRINCE
IS WHEN MY DAD CAME HOME ON
EASTER SUNDAY, WE USED TO LIVE A
FEW MILES FROM PAISLEY PARK, I
SAW PRINCE IN A BLOCK BUSTER, I
SAW HIM, HE WAS WEARING AN
ALL-WHITE SUIT.
MY DAD REMEMBERS EVERYTHING
ABOUT THAT ENCOUNTER.
HE'S AN ICON, LET'S START
LISTENING TO A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT MUSIC, AND JASON, PACING ON
THAT TO YOUR KIDS, TOO, IT'S
AMAZING.
SO MANY OF US HAVE HAD DANCE
PARTIES AT OUR HOUSE WITH
PRINCE.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN 1999 NEW
YEAR'S PLAYING THE SONG 1999?
YES, MINNESOTA AND PRINCE
WILL BE LINKED, ALWAYS BE WITH
LINKED.
HE IS GONE, BUT THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE.
RIGHT.
HE IS OUR BIGGEST STAR.
AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ANYONE
EVER ECLIPSING THAT.
AGREED.
YEAH.
WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT.
DEFINITELY