Pour lancer la conversation, voila un extrait d'interview étonnant (date inconnue) trouvé sur Prince.org dans lequel il parle de Prince. Il s'avère que le gars l'écoute (l'écoutait ?) beaucoup.
Tom Waits On Prince
I may be a little behind here (not been on for a while) - someone bought me a Tom Waits book for Christmas, it's a collection of interviews and articles, and Tom mentions Prince a few times -
Talking in Musician magazine about state of the art recording -
Tom: I don't want the sheen, I'm neurotic about it, and yet Prince is really state of the art and he still kicks my ass. So it depends who's holding the rifle.
Musician: Prince has complained about not hearing enough "colours" on the radio, that too many talented people deliberately seek to emulate a formula instead of finding their own voice. Do you agree?
Tom: To an extent. The music business has gotten so sophisticated, people want their head on Prince's body. It's a melting pot, and the nutrition gets boiled out. Prince is rare, a rare exotic bird. Ther's only a few others. To be that popular and that uncompromising. It's like Superman walking through walls.
And in Playboy -
Playboy: Which modern artists do you listen to?
Tom: Prince. He's out there. He's uncompromising, a real fountainhead. Takes dangerous chances. He's androgynous, wicked, voodoo.