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

He just wants to show up and see what happens.

Photographer Randy St. Nicholas first met Prince in 1991.

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

But she does recall his first words to her.

And he walked up the stairs and he looked at me and he said,

Hi, I'm Prince.

We know.

And I said, really?

As if you would mistake him for someone else.

They was scheduled to do a photo shoot together.

Their first one together.

And Randy was very nervous.

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

So I never feel that way.

But for him, I was a little bit nervous because the mistake of him is

he may not talk to you.

He might leave before you get his,

ever take his picture.

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

Get on the same page with him very quickly.

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

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