MICHAEL OVITZ: Prince called me up and told me that he didn’t want to record for Warner anymore. He said, “Can you get me out of it?” I said, “I don’t know,” so I called up Mo [Ostin], and Mo said, “Michael, I’d love to help you. I can’t let him out. He’s too good.” I said, “I’ll talk to him.” So I went and talked to him. He called me back like a month later and he said, “You know, I decided that I’m not Prince anymore.” And I said, “Who are you?” He said, “I’m the artist formerly known as Prince. Please advise my record label that Prince is no longer.” I did, and they let him out.
