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We did the music video for “The Max” with me belly dancing with my sword on top of the piano, and then we produced a commercial—“Introducing Mayte”—and
Before every performance of New Power Generation—or any version of Prince that I was around—we all gathered in his dressing room to pray. No matter what else was happening, we came together and joined hands. He’d ask for God’s hand on us, that He would give us strength and send angels to protect
us from injury, that the Holy Spirit would lift up the music, that the audience would be blessed and happy and safe from harm. It was a powerful ritual, centering, and we never took the stage without it. The Tokyo Dome was filled
We were in Japan for a week, and while we were there, we filmed “The Continental”
you watch the “Sweet Baby” video, you see me walking around Minneapolis, riding a camel across the desert in front of the Great Pyramids, and goofing around on a carousel with Prince, but it all makes sense somehow
Madame Abla’s dress can be seen in 3 Chains o’ Gold, an ambitious collection of music videos that come together in one film, directed by Randee St. Nicholas, Paris Patton, and Prince.
When you see him with a scarf or a veil of chains over his face, that’s Tora Tora.
Sayers Club in LA, and
LA where he was working at the moment, staying at a house he’d bought on Heather Way. We watched the show together, and he was
In January 1995, Prince received the American Music Award of Merit. It was a huge honor for him and a major performance for New Power
The album, Child of the Sun, was released by NPG in Europe later that year. It was actually a lot of fun. We did a duet, “However Much U Want,” which was the first song I ever sang in the studio and was written with me in mind. I did a gender-bend version of “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”—“The Most Beautiful Boy in the World”—and he came in to put a new spin on the Commodores’ “Brick House.” The cover has me in full-on golden Egyptian goddess mode, though we didn’t discover the hidden significance of the title track, “Children of the Sun,” until years later.
fur boots like the ones she wore in The Legend of Walks Far Woman. My Raquel moment—the fur bikini from One Million Years B.C.—seemed
The pure elation on my husband’s face turned to pure terror. On the cold white page of a medical text, Pfeiffer syndrome type 2 is a genetic disorder that causes skeletal and systemic abnormalities. Craniosynostosis is the premature fusing of the bones in the skull, sometimes resulting in “cloverleaf skull,” in which the eyes are located outside the sockets. Brachydactyly is the fusion of bones in the hands and feet, causing a webbed or pawlike appearance. Anal atresia is the absence of an anus, indicating life-threatening abnormalities in the colon and bowels. I learned all this later. I
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young odalisques.
“The One” is the truest work we created together. When you look at it, even if you don’t know the backstory, the love between us is tangible. There’s a shadow of sadness in the music, but the sensuality overwhelms it. There’s tension in the choreography, but it’s overcome by grace. I saw it as the story of us: two souls that drift apart and come together again, over and over, just like the story of “7.” In keeping with my belief in our eternal love, the video ends with a black screen that reads THE BEGINNING.
Le Crazy Horse, which is the classiest, most upscale strip club you can imagine, but a strip club nonetheless. I
