Re: [Prince-4ever] nbcchicago.com: Prince: An Angel Cured My Epilepsy The singer opens up about his struggle with seizures

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Re: [Prince-4ever] nbcchicago.com: Prince: An Angel Cured My Epilepsy The singer opens up about his struggle with seizures

According to the article:

|| he said that growing up epileptic was difficult and took a toll on his relationships with family and friends ||

I'm sure I watched the interview three times and I don't remember him saying that at all. He said, "from that point on". He didn't say he had to deal with a lot of things and things became difficult because of the epilepsy.

|| The singer, born Prince Rogers Nelson was bullied in school because of the uncontrollable seizures ||

Wow. Where did they get that? They use actual quotes from Prince to tie in their interpretation but that does not give what they say credibility. I know he said he was teased as a child but he didn't give a direct reason for the teasing. He had also told Oprah back in the 90's that he was teased, but said it was because of his height. It's amazing how journalist interpret things the way they want just to keep their story intact. Like we can't just press rewind on the interview. Prince is right about what he said about the media. They are writing for each other. It's not really that they are so concerned with the subject they are writing about, or how the subject really relates to what is being said, they are just concerned about selling the story. A writer is supposed to be an artist. Instead they are more concerned with besting their competition than being artists themselves and telling an honest noteworthy story.

I should be use to this after all these years but it's still just so odd to me how comfortable writers and so many people in general are with ignoring the inability to validate.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:41 PM, The NPG Family <purplemusicmansion@yahoo.com> wrote:

Prince: An Angel Cured My Epilepsy The singer opens up about his struggle with seizures

By CAITLIN MILLAT

Updated 12:00 PM CDT, Tue, Apr 28, 2009
Related Topics:Prince (Musician)

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Singer Prince admitted Monday that he once suffered seizures from epilepsy.

Prince opened up about his one-time struggle with epilepsy in an interview this week, saying that the seizures he suffered as a child led him to develop the flashy on-stage persona he's famous for.

The "When Doves Cry" singer made the revelation in an interview with Tavis Smiley, where he said that growing up epileptic was difficult and took a toll on his relationships with family and friends.

"I've never spoken about this before but I was born epileptic," he said in the Monday night PBS tell-all.

"I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn't know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had," he said.

The singer, born Prince Rogers Nelson was bullied in school because of the uncontrollable seizures that he said led him to create the flamboyant "Prince" personality that would rocket him to fame.

"Early in my career I tried to compensate by being as flashy as I could and as noisy as I could," he said.

Prince claims his epilepsy was cured by an "angel" which is why he is no longer afflicted with seizures.

"My mother told me one day I walked in to her and said, 'Mom, I'm not going to be sick anymore,' and she said 'Why?' and I said, 'because an angel told me so,'" the singer said.

The second half of Prince's interview with Tavis Smiley will air tonight on PBS. His latest album is the three-disc collection "Lotus Flow3r."
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/entertainment/NATL-Prince-I-Was-Epileptic.html

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