effect that he was the Beatles to Michael Jackson's Elvis and that Prince was the little Richard for his generation...

>Interview in 1987 - that threw everything off.
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>didn't know he said anything about Michael.
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>Bottom line? He's a creative genius
>he's constantly put out great albums
>he stays grinding
>he went indie long before it was cool to do so
>I'm glad he said fuck the machine
>his second album was a masterpiece
>his third album was fantastic
>a few albums later he's still making fantastic records
>his first album was commercially acessible but I prefer every
>album after.
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>He's unsung in the US but really who cares about the US?