on one off day I arrived wearing sweatpants, and Prince made me go home and change. I was annoyed and humiliated, but he knew how to get me laughing again when I came back in spandex. I did understand where he was coming from. He never left the house unless he was done up pretty. “Marilyn Monroe never left the house without full makeup,” he told me, as if no other explanation was needed. Sneakers were for basketball, period. He always showed up for rehearsal in high heels, makeup, good hair—the works. There were no jeans, ever, around Paisley Park in my era. He wore a jean jacket on “Sign o’
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