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It's Been a Minute

Interview: Prince's Iconic Moments

It's Been a Minute

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🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Randee St. Nicholas met Prince for the first time in 1991, when she was hired to do their first shoot together. From there she captured some of his highest moments doing sold out shows across the world, to his most vulnerable, in hotel rooms late at night. Randee recalls her memorable relationship with Prince that spanned years and led to countless memories. She's published her photos of the iconic singer in a new book called My Name Is Prince.

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0:00.0

What I was told beforehand is Prince doesn't want to have you to have any ideas.

0:04.2

He just wants to show up and see what happens.

0:06.4

Photographer Randy St. Nicholas first met Prince in 1991.

0:11.5

She had no idea what to expect when she met him.

0:14.7

But she does recall his first words to her.

0:17.4

And he walked up the stairs and he looked at me and he said, hi, I'm Prince.

0:22.8

We know. And I said, really?

0:25.6

I don't know.

0:27.6

As if you would mistake him for someone else.

0:29.9

They would get a little to do a photo shoot together.

0:31.9

Their first one together. And Randy was very nervous.

0:35.5

I love shooting. So it's kind of where I lose myself.

0:38.6

So I never feel that way. But for him, I was a little bit nervous because the mystique of him is

0:44.4

he may not talk to you. He might leave before you could ever take his picture.

0:48.8

She had to find a way to, you know, lock in with Prince.

0:51.9

Get on the same page with him very quickly.

0:54.6

To do that, she set the mood with a simple mixtape.

0:58.5

Jimmy Hendrix was the first music on the tape.

1:00.7

Which Jimmy Hendrix song?

1:02.0

I think it was the watch tower.

1:05.0

And I was in the zone.

1:07.2

I kind of got all these plants and just put some fans on them.

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