Prince is not dead.

Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to get through this thing called life.

Hi all,

I hope you're all doing well and keeping safe during the lockdown.

Today is a very special day. It's been 4 years since Prince left our earth, but behind him he left a trail of goldust in his music I am constantly discovering.

I wasn't a huge Prince fan when he was here and I know there are people that know far more about him than I do so I can't claim to be a superfan now either.

The truth is Prince is indefinable. As a performer he was dynamic, energetic and electric but between his music and who he was as a person I find a complex myriad of oxymorons. Prince as an individual- to me at least- is someone shrouded in enigma. I'm sure with research I could find out more about his early life and what he speaks about in his interviews; but I don't want to. I think Prince is his music and wouldn't want any less than to be appreciated and viewed from his music. 

There's all kinds of stories about who he was, his notorious large parties, his wives and his sexual preferences, all varying in how wild they can get. From his interviews he was a private person with a taste for the extravagant, a down-to-earth and soft spoken man with an otherworldly wild energy. An old soul with a modern outlook on life and music See what I mean about the oxymorons? He was before his time. Without any commitment to any one genre of music or any one gender. He explored rock, jazz, soul and disco as fluidly as the concept of masculinity and femininity. Side note: He invented guy-liner and no one can tell me any differently. No one could do it like him, his style and musicality is so unique to him it can only be described as 'Prince'.

Whereas his life was often very private, his music was often very vulnerable. The lyrics often seemed to be his musings and deepest thoughts and wildest ideas. From the guitar to the keys every part of each song is constructed and tied together like individual unique art pieces. Prince was never afraid to be outrageous or even offensive but his music is extremely pre-meditated and was in every way his soul. You can see in his performances that were televised how every section of each song moved him. At the end of 'Purple  Rain' the wolf call makes me want to cry in a way I can't put into words. It's such passion, such pain, such beauty in something that has no words. You just hear it and feel it. Prince described  Purple Rain as this:When there's blood in the sky – red and blue = purple... purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith guide you through the purple rain. In a simple call at the end of the song, you hear the despair of the world ending and the joy of relief in the knowledge it's finally over and he is here dancing and soaking in one last romantic moment.

Prince isn't dead. I've been dancing to 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' for years and still am so he can't be. His music is still alive and that was the thing he lived for. Prince's music was life, not just to him but to everyone who hears it. Prince was his music, it’s what defined him as an icon. Do I know every Prince song? No. Do I like every Prince song or every theme? Absolutely not ha. But there is no denying in his discography there is something for absolutely everyone. A little bit of life, fresh air for everyone. So breathe deep. Take it in. That's Prince. Alive.