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:''The first step I have taken towards the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was to change my name from [[Prince]] to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. [[Prince]] is the name that my Mother gave me at birth. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name [[Prince]] and all related music marketed under [[Prince]]. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.].'' | :''The first step I have taken towards the ultimate goal of emancipation from the chains that bind me to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was to change my name from [[Prince]] to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]. [[Prince]] is the name that my Mother gave me at birth. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] took the name, trademarked it, and used it as the main marketing tool to promote all of the music that I wrote. The company owns the name [[Prince]] and all related music marketed under [[Prince]]. I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.].'' | ||
− | :''By my 35th birthday, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_7|June 7 | + | :''By my 35th birthday, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_7|June 7 1993]], I was beyond frustrated with my lack of control over my career and music. It seemed reminiscent of much that had been experienced by other African-Americans over the last couple of hundred years. They had turned me into a slave and I wanted no more of it. The dilemma had only one clear solution. I was born [[Prince]] and did not want to adopt another conventional name. The only acceptable replacement for my name, and my identity, was [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], a symbol with no pronunciation, that is a representation of me and what my music is about. This symbol is present in my work over the years; it is a concept that has evolved from my frustration; it is who I am. It is my name. '' |
:''I look forward to the release of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] in the near future. It will be The Dawn of the next phase of my life as a musician. It will represent my freedom from the past and it will be a continuum of what I have started here today."'' | :''I look forward to the release of [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] in the near future. It will be The Dawn of the next phase of my life as a musician. It will represent my freedom from the past and it will be a continuum of what I have started here today."'' | ||
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− | |references =[[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & | + | |references =[[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown, 2004) |
*http://new.prince.org/msg/3/351553?&pg=3 | *http://new.prince.org/msg/3/351553?&pg=3 | ||
|categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | |categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]] | ||
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1995: New World ◄ | Unreleased Albums (Prince) |
Unreleased Albums (Related Artists) |
► 1996: Happy Tears |
The Vault - Volumes I, II and III |
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1995 New World |
Unreleased Albums (Prince) |
Unreleased Albums (Related Artists) |
1996 Happy Tears |