After 16 platinum selling albums and a place as one of the most iconic and influential musicians of the 80s, 90s and beyond, Prince developed something of a no-nonsense attitude towards fame.
If he wasn't feeling talkative he simply wouldn’t speak during interviews, something the BBC learned in 1995 when he refused to even show his face and whispered into someone else’s ear so they could then relay his answers.
If he didn’t fancy going through with interviews after promising them, he’d decide against turning up.
And he certainly had no time for anyone daring to get up on his stage and not dance. This was something Kim Kardashian was taught when he unceremoniously kicked her off his stage during a 2011 performance at Madison Square Gardens for refusing to move.
After unsuccessfully trying to encourage the reality TV star to at least attempt a shuffle, he then told Kardashian: “Get off the stage!”
Kardashian insists she redeemed herself later in the show.
The music world is in mourning for Prince after he was found dead in his Minnesota home on Thursday morning, with tributes, street parties and his signature purple appearing all over the world. He was 57.
