>Prince is selective about who performs his songs....he should
>be. I see nothing wrong with that. He's cleared plenty of
>folks to remake his tunes.... he just doesn't want his music
>presented a way that's below what he sees as a certain
>standard. I totally respect that about him...

When you write and record a song, the shit is out there and it's free for ANYBODY to do their own version.

You don't want people to sing your song? Then keep your song to yourself.

I can't even imagine the enormity of insecure assholishness that would even motivate someone to try and control people in that way... Incredible.