The Most Important 5 Mins on Prince! Engineer Susan Rogers. The Roundtable with Drew Dempsey

[@eriklund784]

These interviews are pure gold to someone who misses the magic of music and true musicianship.

[@Roundtablewithdrew]

💜

[@jsteed10]

Salute to your purity🫡

[@synthWizkid]

❤️ 💕🥰

[@sayjay26]

Exact-A-Mundo that's why anything released by Prince's estate is not something they can say is "Prince". First anything found in his vault are things who worked in and shelved for reasons only known to him, Prince. Second, since Prince will have only written the music from his vault that means he has not produced arranged or anything else that makes Prince's music PRINCE. Which is why I haven't listened to anything that has been released by his Estate, its not Prince. Prince shelved "Welcome to America" for a reason so his estate releasing it did NOT give me FOMO. It made me sad and extremely mad, when it was released. I guess the accountants who were jumping with glee with thoughts of how much money they would make selling his songs didn't realize we the true people who understand and listen to Prince aren't buying it, Disgusting!!!,

[@Drumn4Him1]

What I would have given to have been able to work at this studio when artists like Prince and so many others were there creating and recording. Granted, I probably would have been on the janitorial staff and obviously not allowed in the studio but maybe to come in contact with the mojo floating around the atmosphere!!

[@fingrati]

I love how Dr. Susan Rogers explains the neuroscience behind the nature of hyper-creative geniuses, such as Prince.

[@tyoddysmitty]

She did a fantastic job breaking it down. Of all the explanations I've heard, hers was quite simply the best! 😎👊😎

[@RJ-go3sn]

Love learning more about the beloved and always treasured Prince! He will forever be in our ears and hearts.

[@wisdomseeker3362]

If Susan Rogers is interesting to anyone here...go and take a listen to her on Ted . She is an absolute genius. I know why Prince valued her and loved her so much. 🎉 I truly needed someone in my life as an early teen...a type of mentor. Someone just like Susan Rogers. My mother and father never let me do anything! I wanted to dance at a young age . I started singing at fifteen years old . I sm older now and have been an artist (drawing/painting) for quite some time. I respect Susan as a teacher so much !

[@bigkeezo]

I feel where you're coming from

[@wisdomseeker3362]

@@bigkeezo thank you so much.

[@Dwell_In_Magic_369]

Thanks for the heads up on her Ted Talk!

[@Danny-sd5vm]

​@@wisdomseeker3362keep on singing and keep on drawing. Be you and don't change.

[@lavenderbee3611]

Parents were often concerned about their children "making a living in the arts" and discouraged it.

[@MrOtistetrax]

The thing that bends my mind so much about Dr Susan, is how young she must have been when she was working with Prince.

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

A one in a BILLION super-talented MAGNET. No one can touch him.🙏🕊

[@worldcitizen9202]

Many

[@17purpledays73]

True! No one!

[@shane_zen]

There are 8 billion people on Earth. Prince is once in a lifetime at best, if not once in a millennium. One in a billion is short changing him.

[@eriklund784]

I know what she's talking about even though it's just in my tiny world where fame will never and should never come to me, I'm not that good. The times where you're lost in creating something. Haiving someone there talking doesn't work for me. Have to be left alone, no phones, no people. And please, I'm no Prince, no no no. I'm just me and I feel like that making things. This is why it's really hard for me to jive with people sometimes. Their phone, their day, their brother, Mother, Father, work, car, house, phone again, phone again.... Having been blessed with finding music at a very young age I can immerse myself in music, and some other things when my mind is turned on. Nothing Earth shattering obviously but those things are mine. Love this clip!!!

[@ImCuzokie]

You can become famous if you want man

[@jameslanclos568]

@@ImCuzokie Be careful what you wish for, because it just might not be what you expected, as so many before have learned.

[@n0kturna1]

Any interview or conference online by Dr Rogers is pure GOLD

[@steveboris6286]

This is great stuff. The term Hypercreative is a fairly new concept to me. I would like to throw my 2 cents in. I have been a graphic/logo designer for almost 45 years. I don't believe you are born with Hypercreativity but you create your level of creativity and with each creation you receive a chemical release in the brain that becomes addicting. I think there is more and I would venture that Prince had a touch of Autism. I don't mean to compare my level of creativity with Prince but there are some similarities. Growing up I always knew I was different, I was never terribly successful in the academic arena but in solitude things would happen. I am pretty sure Prince spent a lot of time alone and only interacted with people when necessary. When Covid hit I had turned 64. This period affected our design business and without the projects to keep me immersed I started to regress into introspection and mild depression. As I was seeing a therapist he recommended I take a test that revealed that I was indeed Autistic. Other people may have been upset with this diagnosis but to me it was a relief. My life finally made sense. But I am glad I didn't know when I was young and starting life as I may have not done what I did thinking I was not capable.

[@tamarawatkins7028]

This is so insightful. I think you may have struck upon something. Great comment.

[@TommyPleasure]

Hate to bust ya Bubble bro, but it’s almost entirely natural. It’s the one thing that I can say that I’ve seen people be born with. I’m like that myself, I play six instruments and i could write tunes on them before I could even really play them well. I developed this skill at a very young age..

[@TheRealDEELProductions]

We don't really refer to the condition of neurological divergence as "autism" much any more. At least I do not. As I have explored more of my own experiences and other's; I have come to the conclusion that divergence is more appropriate for me. Although I did test out on the Scale once some time ago. I was never satisfied with the label "autistic".

[@JamesParus]

Maybe some people are just hyper creative and they are medicated out of it and labeled as adhd. Or something. They can be young and the creativity is not focused to one area like in prince's case. It's just all over the place and so it seems chaotic

[@DarrenGlen]

@@JamesParus yep lets face it, its a short circuit to be like this and any number of wires can be crossed in any given person. I have no doubt it is random and you just kinda get lucky to be "gifted" in a specific field

[@khismet]

This made tear up.. she knew him so well, having spent so much time with him She painted a perfect picture of him💜

[@QueenBDreamwalker]

Gratitude for sharing this perspective & insight! Prince was on a mission had a constant flow thru him with the ability to translate it ~ what was in his mind was fully formed to be brought forth! An exceptional Gift he shared with the World 👑🎶💜🌎

[@DarrenGlen]

i think Stevie Ray Vaughan had it also. Even brilliant people like Eric Clapton said that Stevie just had music "flow straight through him, without any hindrance...he never ran out of things to play in a solo". It sure sounds like Stevies "gate" was broken also

[@MrNathan791]

Wow Susan really break down what Prince's genius was about and how he was so captivating. I've never heard anyone get into the head of an artist like she did here with Prince. She's so great at really probing into the mind of a creative musical genius that he was. She blow me away how she was explaining how he came into the studio. This interview with her is priceless. Thanks for sharing.

[@SH-jv5uf]

Prince once said that it was a burden to be able to play everything you hear. I better understand his plight listening to this interview.

[@QueenBDreamwalker]

Yes he couldn't shut it off....only occasionally quiet its impact 🎶💜

[@Ston247]

When your options are limitless it's difficult to make up your mind.

@@Ston247 I know it...

[@dbroche]

Great video. The more I learn about Prince the more I learn about my own creativity. Thank you!

[@amrproductions]

Susan IS Amazing!

[@Jenny-m6k2f]

I still do and will always miss Prince I am so happy to have lived in the same time line as him and got to see him perform and grow up with him. ❤❤A genius❤

[@barryallenflash1]

This world lost a LEGEND when he died. I wonder how many songs have not been released that are on a reel at Sunset Studios. Hmmm....As an avid Prince fan that would be something worth knowing.

[@eriklund784]

I live in Mn and went to the coroners in Ramsey Mn where they held his body the day he died and just sat there. It was surreal. Such an incredible shame.

[@wisdomseeker3362]

Ooh yes...a .... _LEGEND_ ! ❤

[@barryallenflash1]

@@eriklund784 Wow! I can't even begin to know how you feel/felt. It must have been unimaginable to think-"is this REALLY Prince? Is he really DEAD?" He was on my bucket list of celebs to meet....

[@chepad1]

“The Vault”

[@barryallenflash1]

@@chepad1 Yes, I have the cd and have listened to it MANY times. I'm talking about the "other" thousands of recordings he made.

[@murphdrag2100]

Susan is the coolest ever 💜💜💜

[@jppagetoo]

So much of what Prince created is trapped in the vault. I understand what Susan is saying, I as a musician would love to listen to the arc of his work. A piece of every day as he created his universe. That is how you understand a hypercreative, you need to bigger picture to see it develop and change.

[@jjrusy7438]

didnt they open the vault and were fairly disappointed? like hours of one thing..definitely some obsessive stuff

[@gatorshd]

Its exactly what I expected

[@keithbell9348]

Ok. So you take this kid, This hyper creative imaginative genius. Sign him to a record contract. Invest heavily into his multi- talents. Give him the creative freedom to have access to every instrument, assign him to as much studio time as he needed. Pretty much unlimited access to anything and everything that his heart desired, doing what he enjoyed as much as life itself. Unbeknownst to Warner Bros back in 1976, they have just unleashed a Frankenstein's Monster onto the world. Minneapolis would never be the same!

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

Excellent post!

[@lavenderbee3611]

I give a lot of credit to Warner Bros for nurturing his talent. This kind of care and respect is completely absent from record companies today.

[@keithbell9348]

@@lavenderbee3611 Frank Zappa once said that Warner had the good sense to stay out of Prince's way and let the man do what he does best.

[@DarrenGlen]

@@keithbell9348 and do what they do best...ripping off the artist and collecting all the money

[@keithbell9348]

@DarrenGlen no argument here. Prince repeatedly hipped us to how the industry does that.

[@likwidguns]

Wow! I would love to work with her some day

[@josephcampbell9351]

Susan is a trip !! So thoughtful and interesting!!!

[@itsme_knb]

I love Dr. Susan! The way she explains things is so clear and relatable. And the word picture she painted of Prince at the end is stunning! Armed with this explaination, I wonder even more how much Prince's childhood seisures contributed to his gift?

[@tinkerbellbetty]

The words just keep coming and coming.

[@sdanis]

Love this!!

[@AnotherGlenn]

I am a wannabe inventor. I am plagued by automatic obsessive problem solving. I see problems with various things as I go through my day, and I get visions of solutions to these problems. This is in addition to the goals of innovation that I have consciously chosen. I agree with Dr. Rogers. I sometimes wish I wasn't this way.

[@Brolo214]

This is me. Once I pick up a guitar five hours or more of my life is gone. Haha. The ideas never stop. Sometimes it hurts that my life isn’t set up to realize all these ideas. I just can’t stay up until 5am writing a song and go into work like I used to. If I didn’t have to pay bills doing other stuff I would be making music all day long.

[@deepinsidethemusic]

THIS IS DEEP. MIND BLOWN!

[@MattSanders-j9b]

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[@corywilliams458]

Nice!...Great Story!

[@leepd1]

I’d put Frank Zappa in that class of hyper creatives.. a relentless amount of incredibly deep and complicated ideas.. an ability that you have to be born with.

[@jppagetoo]

Absolutely. and Frank was open to all forms of expression not just music on tape. Now if we could just pry Ahmet away from control and allow more of it to be heard. So many artists create (especially hyper-creatives) in a way that perfection wasn't the goal, it was to get it all out as fast as possible as best quality as time allowed to make room for the new things that keep coming. You can't impose production polish on that and hope to get any reasonable amount of it out. Live with what is there, let it go. It will be accepted even if it has blemishes.

[@leepd1]

@@jppagetoo And yet.. Frank managed an incredible attention to detail as well as prodigious output.. beyond his musical ideas, his awareness for the right tonal qualities set his arrangements apart, knowing where instruments should be in the frequency range.. what a mind.

[@jppagetoo]

@@leepd1 Yes. And when an artist like Prince or Frank set out to make finished products they do put the production polish on the work. I didn't intend to imply that the artist didn't care about the quality. They did. I meant to say they didn't obsess over some details when it came to the purely creative part of the process. They wanted to get it out and in a form that could be worked on later if that is what they wanted to put out as their art.

[@leepd1]

@@jppagetoo I get what you're saying, but im thinking we need to get some perspective here, cos we're talking 2 very uniquely talented people that mere mortals couldn't remotely hope to emulate.. the standard was so high that they didn't need to obsess endlessly over the work, with the original idea being of such a high standard.. but yes, they were endlessly creating, and that process wouldn't allow them to sit in the one place.. apparently Frank (according to one of the guys that played with him..) would present the written music to the band, rehearse the shit out of it for 8-10 hours, then come in the next day and change it all and evolve it into something else, and that process never stopped..

[@jeromejamies3641]

Zappa, Prince and Stevie Wonder

[@Wayne1069]

Yay! Susan. 🤩😍

[@VibeAlchemy]

Awesome interview and amazing artist Prince

[@FlintPhoenix]

His perfume. 💜 A perfectly Prince way to arrive

[@FriendM2010]

In 1985 the local SoCal beach scene had some of the best cover bands. All had Prince in their set list. I was 27yo and it was some of the best times of my life. Friday nights we would close the bars and then drive a mile up the road to Manhattan Beach and have breakfast at “the Kettle” I’d get home around 3:30am. Sleep late, get up, play some tennis or hit the beach and do it all over again Saturday night. Good times! 🤓🥳🤘🏌️

[@Dwell_In_Magic_369]

Sounds like a blast! Funny that Susan said in the extended interview that Prince specifically didn’t like his music being covered, and that was partial reason for him intensely layering songs unlike any other artist.

[@damonsiegiel7855]

Absolutely Devine thank you. 🙏

[@rogerbranton1752]

I'm so glad this got posted - incredible!

[@pennyinaz]

This gave me goosebumps. Can't wait to meet him in Paradise. 💞

[@lobsterblacc9478]

She’s always great unlike some weirdo bitter engineers that were around him for a couple of albums. Talking madness. At least she always keeps it real. No bs just details and pure memory. No bitterness either

[@bigkeezo]

Here I was born and raised in Los Angeles and my musical idol was doing his thing in my city. Geez back then I just thought Prince made his music in a cold warehouse in Minneapolis! Thank you Susan and Sunset Sound

[@keithmorgan742]

WOW!!! Just WOW!!!

[@Twobarpsi]

Excellent interview!

[@dee1380]

I think I'm hyper creative, or can be. Not a hyper creative genius, but a hyper creative person in general.. A billion thoughts run thru my head at once, while I'm workin on 1 thang, I get half way thru it, and a brand new idea suddenly pops in my head jus as good or betta than what I'm already doin.. And I get xtremely anxious about gettin to the nex thang. I can be versatile or a multi task.. And yes, it is a gift, but also a burden all in one. Because u have to have very strong discipline & self control, if not, u will have piles of incomplete ideas all over the place.. like I do..lol. It's very difficult to stick to one thang til it's complete.. Prince had to have very early on in his age learned self discipline & self control..

[@Biozene]

Ditto. I might be hyper creative, but certainly above average, except with ADD. Not a good mix

[@lavenderbee3611]

I remember hearing someplace that Prince's dad taught him to finish what he started, he seemed to take that to heart and wouldn't leave until the song was finished.

[@brewdooview]

Thx so much for This epiphany !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍🖖🖖

[@KarolynKarsay]

He was & Still is the BEST? The Angel of All Angles! I wish I could have met him!

[@tyoddysmitty]

This is one that really and truly explains alot! I really miss that dude! 😎👊😎

[@weareallmadeofstars6814]

Creativity channels and flows through the heart like an wast ocean or a river perhaps. The brain is then the vessel that sets the direction in the waters of the creativity

[@JORGESANCHEZFULL]

I would love to whatch a video of Susan mixing in a tutorial mode to show how she got that sounds

[@robertparlevliet493]

Sometimes I wanna die and come back, as Susan Rogers....

[@phildixon8586]

Mind blowing!?;:'"*. ...

[@Skinnyorangemusic]

I am a musician. What she's describing is the way ideas gather momentum rolling down the hill like a boulder, things building on each other

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

👍🏻 great insight

[@georgeroberts7462]

U guys are looking at her like she's crazy, but I think she's onto something, as a musician, I think she's onto something

[@charmcitytoe]

Thank you Dr. Rogers, for your insight into the mind of the man. (And a small bit of validation for those of us who can't turn it off). LOL

[@Genshi]

This makes me sad on so many levels... I've been a Hypercreative my whole life. My Father started me on the Drums when I was 4 years old, picked up guitar when I was 8, then Bass, Keyboards, and everything else by the time I was 13. By then, I was looking for a stage name and decided to call myself Prince (this was in 1977, a year before Prince's first album came out) because some of my friends at the time called me their "Little Prince". A year later when I saw Prince's first album, Iw as furious. "HE'S calling himself Prince!?" (not knowing that that was his actual real name) "... AND he plays all the instruments like me!?" By the 1980s, when Purple Rain came out, I saw it with a bunch of friends and afterwards, they were shocked... they all said "My god, that's like your story!" Not quite, but in some ways it was. I sort of shut down at that point, never revealing my music but constantly recording on my home 4 Track Recorder... hundreds and hundreds of songs. By the 1990s, I finally was offered a Quarter of a Million dollar Record Deal with Capital Records (while also being courted by 4AD Records for my side project as well as ALMO Records) , but not only would they not let me Produce myself (which I guess was understandable) but they also wouldn't let me have ANY of the Publishing Rights to my own music! So I didn't sign. Integrity won out, but lost me my chance at fame and fortune... and I've been struggling ever since. But the music never stops. I can't turn it off... ... When I see other creatives complain about writer's block, I think to myself "I wish." It's maddening to go into my little basement studio, turn everything on, then immediately from start to finish, I compose and record a song within 30 minutes. Then another, and then another, until I'm there for 8 to 12 hours forgetting to eat or go to the bathroom! And I usually never release my really good stuff (saving for I don't know what, but it's stupid.) Anyway, sorry, this video just got me wanting to vent all this decades long pent-up stuff.

[@tobagojo4sure]

4 hrs ago; just before the end of 2024. An amazing comment. Hmmmm! Don't stop. Keep going. Be yourself & record it all if you can. Make sure you pass it on to somebody if you can't get it out. Remember, music dates but some gems last forever. Be Safe 🙂

[@Genshi]

@@tobagojo4sure thank you, I appreciate the sentiment. I do record it all and release it on my own record label. i have several different projects under various genres, and before the pandemic, I had achieved one of my career goals of becoming a Film & TV Composer having got my first three Feature Films (two for the SyFy Channel and one for Amazon Prime) but then the pandemic came, film production shut down for awhile, and I was wiped out financially and am back to square one yet again... but I keep on trying.

[@DarrenGlen]

Get yourself a good Publisher man. Get those "good ones" into the hands of some big artists like Rihanna or Beyonce or whatever. Dont die and leave this world with them sitting in a drawer. For gods sake.

[@MEDWink]

❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@songlove7777]

Very insightive person.

[@Ston247]

A lot of creative people and comedians had very rough childhoods. Richard Pryor, Jimi Hendrix, Prince are a few. Reality became so harsh that their minds folded in on themselves.

[@ChessThinker]

Very interesting .

[@twoeggcups]

Great interview, but why the dust and scratches?

[@RW-ob4en]

I’ll risk a remark here. When we were HS kids Prince and I attended the same summer music camp. We were not from the same towns nor were we friends until then. He was going by the name Skipper so the Prince thing didn’t stick with me and I made no connection as he rose to fame. He was very much a loner. For some reason he deemed me ‘safe’ enough to hang out with. That environment was not particularly accommodating to his predilection. The emphasis assumed basic musical literacy (being able to read music) & some conventional technical skills. He occupied a spot in the percussion section for the concert band setting and drum set for the jazz ensemble. I assume due to the situation he did not present as virtuosic by any means. Probably more akin to fish out of water. He was very eager and curious and didn’t appear to be put off be the impatience of those around him, students and teachers alike. On our down time there he would seek me out privately and confide about the musical stuff he said was in his head. I too was interested in the creative side so we kinda fit. One memory I have is of the afternoon I was sitting alone just noodling at the piano…no real chops at all, just letting one sound lead to another. I became aware of a quiet presence in the room with me and turned to see Skipper standing there watching/listening intently. “How are you coming up with the sounds you’re making?” he asked. My response was probably no more profound that stated here above. But this did result in ensuing and on-going dialogue occupying this other space - the world of tapping in to one’s own mind and expressing these conjurings musically. Skipper confessed he was not familiar with traditional/formal music pedagogy (didn’t use that word…good thing, I’d not have known it). He did say he felt accomplished on guitar and seemed to have no end to sounds in his head that he could express thusly. To me he seemed a dreamer. As in the kind virtually detached from reality as his fantasy ideas seemed more real than the physical/social world he occupied. I recall feeling sorry that he didn’t fit in better. There’s more but that’s the gist as it may relate to this interesting post.

[@DuckAlertBeats]

Thank you for that, it was a great read

[@RW-ob4en]

@ you’re welcome. Crazy huh?

[@DuckAlertBeats]

Still can't believe we lost Prince so soon 😢

[@sayjay26]

I understand completely, I am a creative exactly like this, my craft comes in storytelling and stained glass artwork. My mind looks at a glass jar, vase, cup and other glass mediums and say "what can I do to make this beyond just glass". There is "Shock G" from the Hip-Hop Group "Digital Underground" who worked with Prince on "Love Sign" from "Crystal Ball". Shock G worked exactly just like as you are saying the only thing is Shock G used drugs to try and stop the music, the sound and most likely the voices he heard in his head. Prince used the constant thoughts he had coming through creatively(from a very young age) by writing them down and putting them to music. Prince could visualize sounds(Elephants & Flowers). That's why anything new that his estate releases would not sound or feel like anything Prince would put out because he's not producing arranging and everything else that makes his music, his craft his art form, its not Prince. Peace Love and Blessings ✌💜🙏💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@Dubot-f1v]

Yep .

[@WatchTheThrown]

why did they edit the part out where she clarifies the Neuroscience right after dudebro asserts that he also has this extremely rare condition?

[@onesong2001]

Because nobody wants to hear about him perhaps?

[@Fastvoice]

What about this image/light flickering in this video?

[@ChandraKSC]

Yes, really interesting- at first I thought it was a “grainy” type of film treatment that’s used sometimes, but I looked at other Sunset S videos and I didn’t see any in those videos ( except for one or two in the Apollonia interview) . 🙂

[@Roundtablewithdrew]

Spirits and ghosts in here

[@Fastvoice]

@@Roundtablewithdrew You mean sparks of creativity? 😄✨🎇

[@ChandraKSC]

I believe it! @@Roundtablewithdrew

[@dynamicalan]

Hello Dr. Rogers, If a musician hears a song and that continues to play constantly; do you know what causes that? Thank You, Alan

[@jdmac44]

With that title I thought "This had better be good, or I'm going to click "don't recommend channel" on this one." lol But it was a fitting title. Thank you.

[@wakingthewitch457]

I have always thought Prince was the Mozart of Pop. Now I have scientific proof!

[@jjrusy7438]

"i just can't believe, all those things they say are true....CONTROVERSY." haha.

[@peterbravestrong]

“Doctor” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@xiaoxia5]

i actually find the stories about Prince more fascinating than his music at times.

[@helenmachelen4200]

Prince didn't like to say Good Morning

[@kaldrazadrim]

Hyper-Creatives are very rare. She has only ever known two, one of which was the great Prince. Then of course there is Drew Dempsey, the self-proclaimed...

[@melissaealy]

When I was younger my most favorite song of all time was “ When Doves Cry”!

[@sarahbaron3426]

I don’t believe the gates are broken I believe we all have this potential. I believe it’s our natural state and we’ve had no one to help us navigate our multi-dimensional nature. Not having it is unnatural.

[@xxcelr8rs]

When in the studio I always write new songs. I kinda wish they'd go away. But they are often better.

[@dagmarmikulasova4811]

💟☮️♾️

[@fishypictures]

I am hyper creative but I keep getting interrupted by family, friends,work and lack of money.

[@Captain-Palsy]

Same

[@Mr2Shredded]

.. she was very young working with him I imagine. She’s not old now .

[@o.b.v.i.u.s]

*_Tommy who?_*

[@StellaMayfair7]

I think she's referring to Tommy Jordan, who was part of the band Geggy Tah that she mentions at 03:21. They were a couple for a while, but I don't know if they still are. Maybe at the time of this interview they were simply friends. Just a guess.

[@o.b.v.i.u.s]

@@StellaMayfair7 thx!

[@jsj31313jj]

God made us in a way that we can only think one thought at a time, and if we are thinking what is right, we can not be thinking what is wrong...

[@the-comments-poet]

The poet “ Yesterday I died ” he will say Beware the poet for he is an imposter He tells of the beauty of falling snow Born of mythical skies long ago Haunting accounts your soul to foster He tells of love broken and reforged Vows and passions penned in red Beckoning surrender to his tread Know it is your blood drawn on his sword Beware, the tears he shed belong to you He lives of pain, sorrow and lessons learnt No thoughts of salvation left unburnt Until your self surrenders all due Yesterday a poet took the life I knew For a snowflake upon my window flew Yesterday I died And was born anew

[@duroxkilo]

we romanticize a little bit the geniuses, as we probably should :)... we can certainly benefit from their efforts and work but i'm not sure we spend enough time realizing what it means to live w/ that level of intensity... our minds and bodies are not meant to work that way and we often hear references to the inability to rest. both stress and excitement can keep us up all night and we'd prefer the latter but it doesn't take too many nights of no sleep to be unable to differentiate between the two...

[@Roundtablewithdrew]

No great art was created from a well balanced person

[@JamisonStokdyk]

sounds normal to me. creative impluses do not stop, but time constraints and budgets force the shift to a completed product.

[@David_Salzberg]

You can be creativ and produce a lot of music etc. but it also has to have the respond. there are a lot of things and music produced, but it needs to be sold, so it has to be good.

[@Malama_Ki]

I thought a shot of penicillin would stop a leaky faucet…..

[@harryjohnson8605]

I wonder if prince left her anything before he passed .

[@inforuimteschip5970]

Its not about thinking, and its not in your head. It involves the brain and thinking but it definitely is not the source.

[@Great-Documentaries]

You'll notice that when Susan says that Prince played all the instruments, she specifically mentioned keyboards, drums, bass guitar and vocals. *I keep telling anyone who will listen those are the ONLY instruments Prince EVER played on his records or in concert. Period.* He did not play 24 or 32 instruments, he played four or five depending on your view of vocals. That's ALL he needed to play in order to make pop music. Anything else was played by someone else, usually wind instruments by Eric Leeds or others and orchestral instruments by Clare Fischer's orchestra (after orchestration by Fischer, not Prince).

[@tombutler4075]

Not to argue, but as a musician, I consider Prince as being proficient on tambourine, finger cymbals, timbales, congas, triangles, synths, piano, organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit at least. I'm sure there's more if you count things like the PurpleAxe or other percussions like say maracas and clave. Sure, you can make sound come from any instrument without skill, but proficiency is another thing entirely. I wasn't in the studio with him, but by all accounts, Prince could play a lot of that stuff well enough to get over. I don't know if it's 24 instruments, but I think it's technically and realistically more than 5 instruments.

[@jonnuanez7183]

I'm going to be a contrarian here: I'm not doubting the high amount of creativity going on in his head. But I can hear when things are rushed and I wish he wouldn't have rushed so much of his output. I remember him telling Oprah that his goal is to write a song a day and thinking "why?". I'm as much a Prince fan as anybody. But this is maybe why things weren't allowed to marinate, let the ingredients blend together. I know he had his vault and this might be the "marinating" place for his output. It's true that he came back to lots of things later. Just speaking for me, I'd rather have a full color movie than a black and white rough draft. Black and white full movies are fine; Dolce Vita and Breathless are but 2 countless examples of that. Sgt. Pepper wasn't created out of a mad creative output. DSOTM; Rumours; how many countless others, same. Release the criticism, folks. I know it's coming because people just blanket love Prince. I love him and always will. But he sure as F wasn't perfect which is how he's being posthumously shaped.

[@Essobee]

what is with the noise filter on the video? As if the content wasn't compelling enough to stand on it's own. It is. Pls drop the "extra"

[@2face789]

It's a personality type.

[@hollylewis5302]

Eddie was a hypercreative too! Ideas never stopped, as we recently heard Alex attest to. We call them geniuses. I don't think I would want a gate if I had the choice. :)

[@cocohow9195]

Eddie Van Halen?

[@jonasweiss5817]

She’s full of it.

[@edwinstovall3334]

... And just like that, it becomes clear. In my own language, the term hyper-creativity describes what I would call "Reed Richards/Peter Parker" syndrome and what most people think of when they think of absent-minded professors and the like. The ideas just won't stop, and you'll never execute even the top 1 percent. I can only imagine it as a hell of its own, or perhaps as a part of his own personal cross to bear.

[@youtellmegod]

Thanks for the interesting video. The declaration of the title is arguable. Turn down the hype dial please.

[@JarvisGandy]

I will expaned on that Creative thoughts so you can get a little moor understanding how because I am one Made this way. The poster for instance I would want to Take the Real life photo and Mix it With The Fantasy cartoon then With colors but Still overwhelming it With The Real life Photo we mix the Real life with the Fantasy. See that as I explained that statement should be a song Title or cover ( Real life with Fantasy ) I hope you can Understand it A little.

[@AcidTechnoMan5000]

So who's in the corner?

[@guitarista67]

Uch, Susan Rogers loves to hear herself talk.