Nothing Compares 2 U: An Oral History of Prince

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The real Prince in the words of those who knew him bestfrom award-winning author Tour.

...one of the rare oral histories Id recommend as an introduction to its subject. The authors interview skills and his trusted status in the Prince orbit mean that his bookbased on decades of interviewsis full of revealing insights into Princes life and work.Jay Gabler, The Current

Nothing Compares 2 U is an oral history built from years of interviews with dozens of people who were in Princes inner circlefrom childhood friends to band members to girlfriends to managers to engineers to photographers, and moreall providing unique insights into the man and the musician.

This revelatory book is a deeply personal and candid discussion of who Prince really was emotionally, professionally, and romantically. It tackles subjects never-before-discussed, including Princes multiple personalities, his romantic relationships, his traumatic childhood and how it propelled him into his music career, and how he found the inspiration for some of his most important songs, including Purple Rain, Starfish and Coffee, and the unheard Wally.

Nothing Compares 2 U paints the most complete picture yet written of the most important and most mysterious artist of his time.

Author Bio

Tour is an author who has published six books, includingI Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an IconandWhos Afraid of Post-Blackness: What It Means to Be Black Now, aNew York TimesandWashington PostNotable Book. He was a TV host at MSNBC, MTV, and BET, and a correspondent at CNN. He hosts the podcastTour Show. He has written forThe New York Times,The New Yorker,Rolling Stone,The Washington Post,The Nation,Vogue, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children. Follow his Instagram @Toure.