PRINCE's work ethic

Duuude...your video is so totally aligned with what Prince was about that we got more outta these 10 minutes than we have outta 2-hour long documentaries about The Man! We've been lookin' for an edge to JUMPSTART our own creativity ~ we're sump'n of a Poet ourselves, sump'n to get us back in our own writin' game...and THIS was It. You EARNED a lifelong sub for this shit...cuz we'll be checkin' out your other work, as well...BUT...we'll be returnin' to THIS One...OFTEN. #SoExcellent

1.- WORK FAST 2 - BECOME A FINISHER 3- ABANDON PERFECTIONISM 4- MAKE ART EVERY DAY 5- SLEEP 6- VAULT MENTALITY Thank you for this super cool video which is great inspiration for any artist who's lost momentum or drive or is weak in any of these rules. What a gift he had, and what a gift he gave us! It's sad that his over-exertion (stage antics) caused the physical pain which took him down way too young.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the reason he could 'work' so much is because it wasn't work to him, he was deeply enjoying himself.

I’ve been planning on producing my own album since I was 20. I have 15 full songs in my head: guitar parts, bass lines, drum fills, synths, percussions, strings, cello, oboe, clarinets, high distortion, fuzz, metal, funk, acoustic, sax, tubular bells. Everything has been in my head for years. Different situations have pushed me away from getting my own band and recording. A few weeks ago I said “f*ck it” andd decided to do it myself, completely, using DAWs, and playing all instruments I can myself. I know I’m not Prince but I won’t wait to be 80 to start complaining about not accomplishing my dreams.

As an artist, who just spent Thanksgiving in a dark apartment by himself, I feel like I need to see this it was very motivational for me

This was Wolfgang Mozart's creative process also... quick, precise, finished. Prince is literally our time's Mozart... in physical stature and musical output. Prince will be revered in perpetuity just as Mozart is today, never to be forgotten.

It's so great to hear that Prince wasn't a perfectionist. This whole video is so inspiring

I like this because - well one: it's accurate and two: they're not talking about Prince as "a genius". They're talking about his work ethic, which was basically second to none. It's true that he would work non-stop for 3 or 4 days with no sleep, crash out then wake up and do it again. You'd have to learn every song he regularly played, rehearse for a show, do the show, then do an aftershow. And he'd do things like wait until you'd memorised everything, and change it at the last minute. He was basically horrible to work for :D and he could be quite a nasty, manipulative shit until later in his life when he became more religious. The music is only one side of Prince as well, you had the choreography, the media releases, the fashion, the implementation of new technology (the first video I watched on my PC was a Prince video, "Interactive" I think - from a CD on a magazine cover. And he was the first major artist to sell his own music on the internet - but distribution was a problem (Crystal Ball CD). Then there was the legal and business side of things, he got out of his atrocious recording contract with Warner Brothers, and still managed to survive whilst running a multi-million dollar recording complex: Paisley Park. The man was a fucking beast. I mean...................... came from nothing, worked harder than everybody, was better than everybody, never let anybody put him down, didn't crumble under mockery or critisism..... was altruistic (donated money to charities under the condition they didn't tell anybody). Then he had a quite tragic personal life - with all of the normal things that will happen to people, and that are traumatic. I really don't think there are many people in the history of the world, that compare to him. James Brown did............. he had recording companies and all that, he worked hard. I like the comparison to Mozart, I think that's fair and accurate - a person of extraordinary ability, output and clearly outstanding, in their chosen field. Maybe somebody in the Roman Empire, would out do his work rate............. maybe..... Michalangelo in the art world.......... Tesla in science......... But Prince, in music. And he was funny, too. Man, I loved him.

Mozart-level creativity. His music conveyed so much about him and his efforts.

Prince is something else man. The fact that he could play like 8 instruments successfully and make it sound good too, and sing on top of it all and do it in style !

Prince was the epitome of music! Keep resting easy, Prince.

Prince was the embodiment of the saying "I was born for this".

It’s stunning how similar lots of this sounds to how Frank Zappa was. No point comparing the music, as they had different styles, but Zappa was exactly like this - fiercely independent, incredibly prolific, and a workaholic. He even had a vault they’re now slowly releasing.

When you’re in love with the process, you’re going to become a maestro.

I seen Prince 25-30 yrs ago at a small gig in a San Jose college gymnasium....AMAZING he played drums, bass, guitar and piano....I was left flabberghasted....how could all this creative genius come out of that diminutive man....I was blessed to see alot of my favorite musicians live ..Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Ramones, Black Flag, Germs George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic, S Pumpkins.....etc....Prince still is the best.....R I P Prince.......

I will say, while the constant drive to produce (which is also work) is impressive, Prince died at a young age, and in a way that feels aligned to a state of overworking / constantly performing. Also, putting a bed in a studio doesn't mean you value sleep, it is an act of overworking. In Hong Kong, people bring sleeping bags to the office, and I wouldn't say that means they value sleep.

I think if you asked Prince how to be more creative, he'd say to listen to yourself and pray to God. And work hard. "I work really hard, and I hope that shows".

I'm 52 and a huge prince fan but I write music. I've never lived up to my expectations musically but I have in how I've lived my life off-grid with a wife and kids in the wilderness. It takes work every day and constant commitment. I just copied and pasted this video into ten new tabs - the first time I've ever done that with Youtube. This is all I will think about for a while now. Thank you.

I’d say be inspired by this and work understanding your own abilities and limitations so you don’t get frustrated but steadily grow. Prince was prince, you be you.

The great thing about working so fast is that once it is in the public domain that pretty much mentally underlines the piece as finished, so there won't be like in my case, discovering a song I wrote on Christmas day 2021 that 'still needed better strings!'. Find your flow... keep moving forward and don't look back or down!! BOOM 🇬🇧💣🇺🇲