Description

Part of the Lives of the Musicians series: short biographies of the world's greatest musicians.

His name was Prince, and he was funky. He was also inspiring, visionary, seductive and contradictory. Especially contradictory. When he changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph, he merged symbols of the male and female to represent himself. When he recorded music - a daily torrent of creativity - he slipped with ease between male and female viewpoints. This book charts the rise of the 5ft 2 inch 'Minneapolis genius' from 'the next Stevie Wonder' to a unique artist whose towering legacy continues to shape pop culture.