"We all kept pinching ourselves – was Prince really going to be performing a mere two feet away?"

"Takumi said Prince joined one rehearsal where he played through the song once and dutifully stayed within his allotted number of bars, but afterwards Prince pulled Takumi aside and explained that he had something else in mind."

"Andre described how Prince convinced his friends they should all get their hair cut. It took some persistent coaxing by Prince but everyone finally agreed to do it."

"I was dancing and a gentleman came up to me and said, ‘Prince likes the way you dance, and would like to invite you to an audition.’"

"The last time I saw him in concert in 2014, he said to us all that the next time we would see him would be in his home. I feel like I need to go and to share this occasion with others who love him."

"They told me that he was rehearsing for the show downtown, but that I could walk a bit around if I wanted to. It was surreal."

"My first day at Paisley I walk into the building…and it’s basically his assistant who lets me in. I walked in and the phone rings and it’s him (Prince). And I’m like, wow, this is your voice through a telephone. What do you want me to do?

"The August 2002 issue of Cat Fancy magazine reported that Prince had named his cat, Paisley, CEO of his Paisley Park Enterprises. In the article a spokesperson for Paisley Park was quoted as saying, 'She is a great boss, she never yells and spends most of the day sleeping in her office. The only problem is she likes to scratch the drapes.'"