Interviews

Interviews

This is a comprehensive list of all interviews Prince gave throughout his career.
The list below is divided by interviews that appeared in print publications and interviews for radio and or television stations.

Interviews in print

Date		Publication	Author	Country	Remark
13 Feb. 1976		Central High Pioneer	Lisa Crawford	USA
8 Apr. 1977		Minnesota Daily	Lisa Hendricksson	USA
1978		Black Star	Lisa Collins	USA	?
30 Apr. 1978		Minneapolis Tribune	Tim Carr	USA
May/June 1978		Insider	Jeff Schneider	USA
Jan. 1979		Right On!	Cynthia Horner	USA
5 Jan. 1979		The Minneapolis Star	Jon Bream	USA
19 Jan. 1979		Twin Cities Reader	Martin Keller	USA
Dec. 1979		Right On!	Cynthia Horner	USA
Dec. 1979		Trax Magazine	Donald J. Hutera	USA	interview?
1980		Rock & Soul	?	USA	?
6 Feb. 1980		The Minneapolis Star	Jon Bream	USA
20 Feb. 1980		Soho Weekly News	Steve Bloom	USA
Mar. 1980		Soul Teen	J. Randy Taraborrelli	USA
18 Apr. 1980		Memphis Star	?	USA
21 Dec. 1980		Los Angeles Times	Dennis Hunt	USA
26 Dec. 1980		The Tuscaloosa News	Dennis Hunt	USA	syndicated from Los Angeles Times (21 December 1980)
21 Jan. 1981		San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle	Dennis Hunt	USA	syndicated from Los Angeles Times (21 December 1980)
Feb. 1981		Calumet City Night Rock News	Dave Cuba	USA
5 Feb. 1981		Saint Paul Recorder	-	USA
19 Feb. 1981		Rolling Stone (#337)	Bill Adler	USA
25 Feb. 1981		Aquarian Night Owl - supplement	Gene Kalbacher	USA
12 Mar. 1981		Detroit News	?	USA	issue 3 356, actual date on cover is February 25 - March 4
26 Mar. 1981		Denver Post	?	USA	?
27 Mar. 1981		Los Angeles Herald Examiner	Dennis Wilen	USA
2 Apr. 1981		Boston Real Paper	Larry Katz	USA
21 May 1981		Atlanta Daily World	?	USA	?
Jun. 1981		New York Rocker	Andy Schwartz	USA
6 Jun. 1981		Melody Maker	Steve Sutherland	UK
6 Jun. 1981		New Musical Express (NME)	Chris Salewicz	UK
6 Jun. 1981		Sounds	Tony Mitchell	UK
1 Jul. 1981		Oor	Roberto Palombit	The Netherlands
Aug. 1981		Playboy	Jim Farber	USA
21 Nov. 1981		Het Vrije Volk	Louis de Moulin	The Netherlands	interview took place more than 6 months before publication
21 Nov. 1982		Los Angeles Times	Robert Hilburn	USA
Sep. 1983		Musician	Barbara Graustark	USA	interview took place more than 6 months before publication
12 Sep. 1985		Rolling Stone (#456)	Neal Karlen	USA
24 Sep. 1985		Oor	Neal Karlen	The Netherlands	translation from Rolling Stone (12 Sepember 1985)
Jul. 1986		Rock & Soul	Michael Shore	USA	based on MTV interview, not a personal conversation
Jul. 1986		Ebony	Lynn Normant	USA	interview took place more than 6 months before publication
18 Oct. 1990		Rolling Stone (#589)	Neal Karlen	USA
20 Oct. 1990		Oor	Neal Karlen	The Netherlands	translation from Rolling Stone (18 October 1990)
13 Oct. 1990		Elsevier	Neal Karlen	The Netherlands	translation from Rolling Stone (18 October 1990)
24 Aug. 1991		The Sunday Times	Robert Sandall	UK
Sep. 1991		Spin	Scott Paulson-Bryant	USA
Sep. 1991		Soundi	Scott Paulson-Bryant	Finland
11 Sep. 1991		USA Today	Edna Gundersen	USA
Oct. 1991		Sky Magazine	Simon Mills	UK
Nov. 1991		Details	Chris Heath	USA
Dec. 1991		The Face	Chris Heath	UK
10 Jun. 1992		The Daily Telegraph	Chris Heath	UK
Jan. 1992		Black Beat	Steve Ivory	USA
20 Jun. 1992		New Musical Express (NME)	Betty Page	UK
Jul. 1994		Max	Uwe Killing	Germany
Jul. 1994		Q (#94)	Adrian Deevoy	UK
Aug. 1994		Vibe	Alan Light	USA
23 Oct. 1994		El País Semanal	Rosa Montero	Spain
11 Nov. 1994		Guitar World	Alan Di Perna	USA
2 Mar. 1995		The Evening Standard	Max Bell	UK
2 Mar. 1995		The Sun	Andy Coulson	UK
3 Mar. 1995		The Guardian	Dan Glaister	UK
7 Mar. 1995		The Voice	Leone Ross	UK
11 Mar. 1995		New Musical Express (NME)	Andy Richardson	UK
11 Mar. 1995		Echoes	Adam Mattera	UK
15 Mar. 1995		Time Out	Peter Paphides	UK	actual date on cover is 15-22 Mar. 1995
29 Mar. 1995		Smash Hits	Mark Sutherland	UK
May 1995		Q (#104)	David Cavanagh	UK
May 1995		Vox	Steve Malins	UK
Jun. 1995		Esquire Gentleman	Julie Baumgold	USA
Nov. 1995		Esquire	Julie Baumgold	USA
6 Jul. 1996		London Times	David Sinclair	UK
14 Jul. 1996		The Los Angeles Times	Elysa Gardner	USA
23 Sep. 1996		Forbes	Joshua Levine	USA
16 Oct. 1996		Minneapolis Star Tribune	Jon Bream	USA	based on conversation during listening session, not one-on-one conversation
17 Oct. 1996		Rolling Stone (#745)	Anthony DeCurtis	USA
Nov. 1996		Jazz Thing	Götz Bühler	Germany
2 Nov. 1996		Shukan Asahi	Shannon Higgins	Japan
12 Nov. 1996		USA Today	Edna Gundersen	USA	a variant of this appeared on MSN Music Central online in Dec. 1996
14 Nov. 1996		Minneapolis Star & Tribune	Jon Bream	USA
14 Nov. 1996		St. Paul Pioneer Press	Jim Walsh	USA	based on conversation during listening session, not one-on-one conversation
14 Nov. 1996		The Sun	Sean Hoare	UK
16 Nov. 1996		Oor	Martin Pearson	The Netherlands	also appeared in Germany, Austria and the UK
16 Nov. 1996		Rock & Folk (#353)	Eric Dahan	France
16 Nov. 1996		La Presse	Alain Brunet	Canada
17 Nov. 1996		The New York Times	Jon Pareles	USA
17 Nov. 1996		St. Paul Pioneer Press	Jim Walsh	USA
18 Nov. 1996		Focus	Martin Pearson	Germany	also appeared in The Netherlands, Austria and the UK
18 Nov. 1996		St. Paul Pioneer Press)	Jim Walsh	USA
18 Nov. 1996		Der Spiegel	Thomas Huetlin	Germany	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
20 Nov. 1996		Hamburger Morgenpost	Götz Bühler (David Baum)	Germany	not a true interview but German journalist Götz Bühler telling about his interview he did with Prince with quotes from that interview
21 Nov. 1996		Stern	Jürgen Schaefer	Germany
25 Nov. 1996		Time	Christopher John Farley & David E. Thigpen	USA
February 1997		Mojo	Serge Simonart	UK	A longer version of this interview ikely also appeared elsewhere
28 Nov. 1996		Rolling Stone (#748)	Anthony DeCurtis	USA
28 Nov. 1996		Tip Berlin Magazine	Georg Stamelos	Germany	syndicated in various German- and one Italian magazine
30 Nov. 1996		RTE Guide	Alan Corr	Ireland	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
30 Nov. 1996		TV Week	Molly Meldrum	Australia
Dec. 1996		538 Newz	Niels Hoogland	The Netherlands	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
Dec. 1996		Hello	Solange Plamondon	USA
Dec. 1996		News	Thomas Zeidler	Austria	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
Dec. 1996		Rockin’ On	Mr. Takami	Japan
Dec. 1996		Saturn Aktuell	Holger Erdmann	Germany	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
Dec. 1996		Wiener!	Martin Pearson	Austria	also appeared in The Netherlands, Germany and the UK
1 Dec. 1996		Bild am Sonntag	Christoph Körfer	Germany
2 Dec. 1996		Ultimo	Georg Stamelos	Italy	syndicated in various German magazines
14 Dec. 1996		1996 New Musical Express (NME)	Sylvia Patterson	UK
15 Dec. 1996		El País Semanal	Bruno Galindo	Spain
16 Dec. 1996		Jam!	John Sakamoto	online
16 Dec. 1996		Canadian Press	Betsy Powell	online
17 Dec. 1996		Toronto Star	Peter Goddard	Canada
17 Dec. 1996		The Toronto Sun	Jane Stevenson	Canada
18 Dec. 1996		The Globe and Mail	Elizabeth Renzetti	Canada
18 Dec. 1996		Montreal Gazette	Mark LePage	Canada
20 Dec. 1996		Cocktail	Georg Stamelos	Germany	syndicated in various German- and one Italian magazine
22 Dec. 1996		OK!	Martin Pearson	UK	also appeared in The Netherlands, Germany and Austria
22 Dec. 1996		The Sunday Times Magazine	Liz Jones	UK
22 Dec. 1996		Sorrisi E Canzoni TV	not attributed	Italy	actual date on cover is 22-28 Dec. 1996
Jan. 1997		Audio Live!	Christiane Rebmann	Germany
Jan. 1997		Ebony	Lynn Norment	USA
Jan. 1997		Guitares et Claviers	?	France	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
Jan. 1997		Max	Georg Stamelos	Germany	syndicated in various German- and one Italian magazine
Jan. 1997		Musikexpress	Christiane Rebmann	Germany
Jan. 1997		Playboy	Holger Erdmann	Germany	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
Jan. 1997		Pop	Andres Lokko	Sweden
Jan. 1997		Rockin’ On	?	Japan
Jan. 1997		Sister 2 Sister	Jamie Foster Brown	USA	based on conversation during 26 Oct. listening session, not one-on-one conversation
Jan. 1997		Sounds Magazin	Christiane Rebmann	Germany
Jan. 1997		WOM Journal	Georg Stamelos	Germany	syndicated in various German- and one Italian magazine
13 Feb. 1997		Maui News	Jon Woodhouse	USA
Feb. 1997		Krisworld	Thomas Zeidler	Singapore	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
Feb./Mar. 1997		Access Magazine	Cindy Waxer	Canada
Feb./Mar. 1997		Jazz Thing	Götz Bühler & Georg Boskamp	Germany
Mar. 1997		Face	Ekow Eshun	UK
Mar. 1997		Minnesota Monthly	Martin Keller	USA	syndicated, also appeared in: Live Magazine, Jul. 1997 (USA)
Apr. 1997		Modern Woman	Leslee Mason	Canada
Apr. 1997		Musician	Robert L. Doerschuk	USA
May 1997		Harper’s Bazaar	Eve MacSweeney	USA
May 1997		Interview	Spike Lee	USA
May 1997		Top Of The Pops	Susie Boone	UK
19 May 1997		Jet	not attributed	USA	based on press conference, not one-on-one conversation
3 Jun. 1997		Minneapolis Star Tribune	Cheryl ’C.J.’ Johnson	USA
Jun. 1997		MuchMusic	not attributed	online	via fax
21 Jul. 1997		AOL Live	AOL members	online
25 Jul. 1997		New York Post	not attributed	USA	quotes from 22 July press conference
31 Jul. 1997		CNN	Mark Scheerer	online
Aug. 1997		MTV	various	online	22 July press conference via MTV website
3 Aug. 1997		Atlanta Journal-Constitution	Sonia Murray	USA	via fax
8 Aug. 1997		Dallas Morning News	Thor Christensen	USA	via fax
15 Aug. 1997		Miami Herald	Howard Cohen	USA	via fax
22 Aug. 1997		Nashville Banner	Michael Gray	USA	via fax
22 Aug. 1997		The Tennessean	Rick de Yampert	USA	via fax
23 Aug. 1997		Memphis Commercial-Appeal	Bill Ellis	USA	via fax
11 Sep. 1997		USA Today	Edna Gundersen	USA	via e-mail
16 Sep. 1997		Newark Star-Ledger	Claudia Perry	USA	via fax
20 Sep. 1997		Baltimore Sun	J.D. Considine	USA	via fax & e-mail, syndicated, appeared in various USA newspapers
21 Sep. 1997		Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (AP)	Tony Norman	USA	via fax
25 Sep. 1997		Seattle Times	not attributed	USA	via fax
26 Sep. 1997		The Portland Oregonian	not attributed	USA	via fax
26 Sep. 1997		The Vancouver Province	Stuart Derdeyn	Canada	via fax
28 Sep. 1997		Sacramento Bee	J. Freedom du Lac	USA	via fax
Oct. 1997		Vegetarian Times	Catherine Censor Shemo	USA
Oct. 1997		Yahoo! Internet Life	Ben Greenman	USA	via e-mail
3 Oct. 1997		Salt Lake Tribune	Lori Buttars	USA	via e-mail
4 Oct. 1997		Denver Post	G. Brown	USA	via fax
7 Oct. 1997		San Francisco Chronicle	Joel Selvine	USA	via fax
24 Oct. 1997		Las Vegas Sun	Lisa Ferguson	USA	via fax
24 Oct. 1997		Albuquerque Journal	Wendy Schwingendorf	USA	via fax
17 Nov. 1997		Love4OneAnother.com	not attributed	online
9 Dec. 1997		St. Paul Pioneer Press	Jim Walsh	USA	via fax
26 Dec. 1997		Detroit Free Press	Brian McCollum	USA	via fax
30 Jun. 1998		Nando.net	Franklin Paul	online
3 Jul. 1998		The Guardian	Dan Glaister	UK	syndicated, also appeared in: The Irish Times 19 Sep. 1998 (Ireland)
3 Jul. 1998		Philadelphia Daily News	Tonya Pendleton	USA	via fax
3 Jul. 1998		Aftonbladet	Magdalena Kvarning	Sweden
4 Jul. 1998		Dagens Nyheter	Lennart Pehrson	Sweden
11 Jul. 1998		De Telegraaf	Marcel Peerenboom Voller	The Netherlands
12 Jul. 1998		Sunday Herald Sun	Andrew Watt	Australia	syndicated, also appeared in: Sunday Telegraph Express, 12 Jul. 1998 (Australia)
18 Jul. 1998		The (London) Times Magazine	Robert Crampton	UK
24 Jul. 1998		El País Semanal	Bruno Galindo (?)	Spain
29 Jul. 1998		Nieuwe Revu	Serge Simonaert	The Netherlands	syndicated: also in Sonntags Zeitung, 23 Aug. 1998 (Switzerland), The Big Issue, 3-8 Aug. 1998 (UK) and Guitar World, Oct. 1998 (USA)
30 Jul. 1998		Focus	A. Schipprack & I. Böck	Germany
31 Jul. 1998		Swiss TV Guide	not attributed	Switzerland
Aug. 1998		Addicted To Noise	Michael Goldberg	online
Aug. 1998		Mojo (#57)	Ben Edmonds	UK
Aug. 1998		Time Out	not attributed	USA
8 Aug. 1998		Oor	Edwin Ammerlaan	The Netherlands
Sep. 1998		Glory	Marlene von Arx	France
Sep. 1998		L’Affiche	Olivier Cachin	France
Sep. 1998		Loaded	Michael Holden	UK
Sep. 1998		Rage	?	France
Sep. 1998		Rock & Folk	Alain Orlandini	France
Sep. 1998		Q (#144)	Phil Sutcliffe	UK
22 Sep. 1998		El Especial	?	Spain
29 Sep. 1998		WallofSound.com	Gary Graff	online
Oct. 1998		Icon	Touré	USA
9 Oct. 1998		Süddeutsche Zeitung	?	Germany
Nov. 1998		Details	Greg Kot	USA
3 Mar. 1999		SonicNet	Chris Nelson	online	via e-mail
13 Apr. 1999		USA Today	Steve Jones	USA
28 May 1999		Entertainment Weekly	Tom Sinclair	USA
Jun. 1999		Paper	Beth Coleman	USA
3 Sep. 1999		Minneapolis Star Tribune	Vickie Gilmer	USA
12 Sep. 1999		New York Times	Anthony DeCurtis	USA
17 Sep. 1999		SonicNet	Gil Kaufman	online	syndicated, also appeared on Addicted To Noise, 30 Oct. 1999 (online) in a longer version, see below
18 Sep. 1999		Aftonbladet	Magdalena Kvarning	Sweden
18 Sep. 1999		Expressen	Mats Larsson	Sweden
Oct. 1999		Q (#157)	Phil Sutcliffe	UK
Oct. 1999		Vogue España	Bettina Dubcovsky	Spain
1 Oct. 1999		Kronen Zeitung	?	Austria
2 Oct. 1999		The Sun	Mike Jones	UK
3 Oct. 1999		New York Daily News	Jim Farber	USA
5 Oct. 1999		BET Weekend magazine	Gene Geter	online
14 Oct. 1999		Music Up!	Sacha Reins	France
14 Oct. 1999		Musica!	?	Italy
27 Oct. 1999		Le Monde	?	France
29 Oct. 1999		Billboard	Larry Flick	online	Was this only online? It’s not in PRINT and there is no issue dated 10-29 (it’s 10-30)
30 Oct.. 1999		Addicted To Noise	Gil Kaufman	online	longer version of interview on SonicNet, 17 September 1999 (online)
30 Oct. 1999		Oor	Jesse Nash	The Netherlands	An article in Aloha, Dec. 1999 (the Netherlands) is not attributed to a specific reporter, but is based on the same interview
Nov. 1999		Bass Player	Karl Coryat	USA
?? Nov. 1999		NW (New Weekly)	Pip Harry	Australia	not clear if this was a one-on-one interview or based on another publication
4 Nov. 1999		Heat (#39)	(not attributed)	USA	actual date on cover is 4-10 Nov. 1999. via e-mail
4 Nov. 1999		De Volkskrant	Gijsbert Kamer	The Netherlands
6 Nov. 1999		MTV	Kurt Loader	online
8 Nov. 1999		Music Connection	Wayne Edwards	USA	actual date on cover is 8-21 Nov. 1999
9 Nov. 1999		Love4Oneanother.com	not attributed	online
9 Nov. 1999		Philadelphia Inquirer	Tom Moon	USA	syndicated, also appeared in Canada’s National Post: 16 Nov.16 1999 (Canada)
9 Nov. 1999		USA Today	Edna Gundersen	USA
9 Nov. 1999		Reuters	Aleksandrs Rozens	USA	appeared online in November on WallofSound.com and excite.com
15 Nov. 1999		Elle	Bertrand Meyer-Stabley	France
15 Nov. 1999		Le Parisien	?	France
15 Nov. 1999		Time	Christopher John Farley	USA
17 Nov. 1999		Associated Press	David Bauder	USA	appeared in Moscow-Pullman Daily News, 18 Nov. 1999 (USA); Boca Raton News 19 Nov. 1999; Herald-Journal 19 Nov. 1999; Lawrence Journal-World, 1Dec. 1999; Reading Eagle, 2Dec. 1999 etc
20 Nov. 1999		Libération	?	France
21 Nov. 1999		The Guardian/The Observer	Tim Adams	UK
21 Nov. 1999		Le Journal Du Dimanche	?	France
30 Nov. 1999		Algemeen Dagblad	David Kleijwegt	The Netherlands
30 Nov. 1999		Die Welt	Michael Pilz	Germany
Dec. 1999		Mixer	Darren Ressler	USA
Dec. 1999		Audio	?	Germany
Dec. 1999		Code	Michael Gonzalez	USA
Dec. 1999		Focus	?	Germany
Dec. 1999		Keyboard	Ernie Rideout	USA
Dec. 1999		Notorious	Dimitri Ehrlich	USA
4 Dec. 1999		De Telegraaf	Ron Peereboom Voller	The Netherlands
6 Dec. 1999		L’Express	Gilles Médioni	France
12 Dec. 1999		La Razón Dominical	Andrés González	Spain
14 Dec. 1999		Blues & Soul	Jeff Lorez	UK	syndicated, appeared on-line in an edited version on Launch.com on 8 Nov. 1999
Jan. 2000		Black Diaspora	?	USA
Jan. 2000		L’Affiche	?	France
Jan. 2000		Entrevue	José Luis Corral	France
Jan. 2000		Guitar Player	Art Thompson	USA
1 Jan. 2000		Veronica (Gids)	Ellen Litz	The Netherlands	actual date on cover is 1-7 January 2000
8 Jan. 2000		Hamburger Abendblatt	Stefan Picker-Dressel	Germany
Feb. 2000		Bunte	?	Germany
Feb. 2000		Pulse! (Tower Records Magazine)	Neva Chonin	USA
Mar. 2000		Mojo	Barney Hoskyns	UK
May 2000		Black Beat	?	UK
May 2000		InStyle	Erica Kennedy	USA
28 Jul. 2000		St. Paul Pioneer Press	?	USA
May 2001		Gotham Magazine	Wickham Boyle	USA
Jun. 2001		Yahoo! Internet Life	Bilge Ebiri	USA
6 Jun. 2001		Chanhassen Villager	Mark W. Olson	USA
12 Jun. 2001		St. Paul Pioneer Press	John Nemo	USA	via text-messages
14 Jun. 2001		St. Paul Pioneer Press	Jim Walsh	USA	via text-messages
23 Jun. 2001		Detroit Free Press	Rachel May & Mary Beth Collver	USA	via e-mail
27 Jun. 2001		Omaha World-Herald	(not attributed)	USA	via fax
28 Jun. 2001		Milwaukee Journal Sentinel	Nick Carter	USA	via fax
6 Jul. 2001		Montreal Gazette	Mark LePage	Canada
Oct. 2001		Modern Drummer	Billy Amendola	USA
4 Oct. 2003		Herald Sun	Nui Te Koha	Australia	via email
16 Dec. 2003		The Honolulu Advertiser	Derek Paiva	USA
16 Dec. 2003		Honolulu Star Bulletin	Gary C.W. Chun	USA
16 Mar. 2004		MSNBC: Today	Matt Lauer	online
29 Mar. 2004		San Francisco Examiner	not attributed	USA	via e-mail
12 Apr. 2004		Newsweek	Lorraine Ali	USA
30 Apr. 2004		Corriere Della Sera	Alessandra Farkas	Italy
23 Apr. 2004		Entertainment Weekly (#761)	Jeff Jensen	USA
28 Apr. 2004		Canadian Press	Lee-Anne Goodman	Canada
27 May 2004		Rolling Stone (#949)	Anthony DeCurtis	USA	syndicated, also in: Word, August 2004 (UK)
28 May 2004		Las Vegas Review	Doug Elfman	USA
12 Jun. 2004		The Telegraph magazine	Mick Brown	UK
Jul. 2004		Guitar Player	Art Thompson	USA
Jul. 2004		Soma	Adriane Lee	USA
12 Jul. 2004		The New York Times	Jon Pareles	USA
29 Jul. 2004		Associated Press	Nekesa Mumbi Moody	USA	appeared in Rome News-Tribune, 4 May 2004 (USA); The Item, 6 May 2004 (USA); The Victoria Advocate, 7 May 2004 (USA); The Free Lance-Star, 6 Jun. 2004 (USA); The Grand Rapids Press, 29 Jul. 2004 (USA) etc.
12 Aug. 2004		The Washington Post	David Segal	USA	syndicated, also appeared in other USA papers.
18 Aug. 2004		Boston Globe	Renee Graham	USA	syndicated, also appeared in various other USA newspapers{
21 Aug. 2004		Rocky Mountain News	Mark Brown	USA
22 Aug. 2004		USA Today	Edna Gundersen	USA	syndicated, also appeared in various other USA newspapers
4th quarter 2004		Galore	?	Germany
Sep. 2004		Ebony	Lynn Norment	USA
Sep. 2004		Tracks	Alan Light	USA
Sep. 2004		Wired	Eric Steuer	USA
12 Sep. 2004		Gallery Of Sound	Gary Graff	online
1 Dec. 2004		Business 2.0	Paul Sloan.	USA	via e-mail
19 Feb. 2006		The Guardian/The Observer	Barney Hoskyns	UK
Aug./Sep. 2007		Giant Magazine	Smokey D. Fontaine	USA
24 Nov. 2008		The New Yorker	Claire Hoffman	USA
11 Jan. 2009		L.A. Times	Ann Powers	USA
14 Oct. 2009		Le Monde	Stéphane Davet	France
24 Jun. 2010		Het Nieuwsblad	Hans-Maarten Post	Belgium	syndicated, also in: Daily Record and Sunday Mail, 5 July 2010 (UK); Courrier International, 22 Jul. 2010 (France)
Jul. 2010		Ebony	Harriette Cole, Dudley M. Brooks & Terry Glover	USA
8 Jul. 2010		2010 Le Parisine	Emmanuel Marolle	France
10 Jul. 2010		2010 Daily Mirror	Peter Willis	UK
August 2010		Rolling Stone - Germany (#210)	Joachim Hentschel	Germany	syndicated, also in: The Times, Saturday Review, 24 Jul. 2010 (UK)
10 Nov. 2010		De Volkskrant	Gijsbert Kamer	The Netherlands
9 Nov. 2010		Het Nieuwsblad	Hans-Maarten Post	Belgium
23 Jun. 2011		Le Figaro	Jean-Luc Wachthausen	France
23 Jun. 2011		The Guardian	Dorian Lynskey	UK
30 Jun. 2011		Het Nieuwsblad	Jan Claes	Belgium
10 Jul. 2011		Ekstra Bladet	Joakim Hediger	Denmark
10 Jul. 2011		The Sunday Independent	Barry Egan	Ireland
22 Nov. 2011		The Vancouver Sun	Mike Devlin	Canada
12 May 2012		Herald Sun	Scott Fitzsimons	Australia
20 Sep. 2012		Chicago Tribune	Greg Kot	USA
26 Jan. 2013		Billboard	Gail Mitchell	USA
16 May 2013		Minneapolis Star Tribune	Jon Bream	USA
16 May 2013		St. Paul Pioneer Press	Amy Nelson	USA
3 Jul. 2013		V	Vanessa Grigoriadis	USA
Mar. 2014		Mojo (#244)	Will Hodgkinson	USA
Jun. 2014		Essence	Cheo Hodari Coker	USA
28 Aug. 2015		Ebony	Miles Marshall Lewis	USA
2 Sep. 2015		Cuepoint	Smokey D. Fontaine	USA
6 Sep. 2015		Entertainment Weekly (#1380)	Leah Greenblatt	USA
11 Nov. 2015		Repubblica Nazionale	Carlo Moretti	Italy	interview was with 5 journalists at the same time
12 Nov. 2015		NRC Handelsblad	Amanda Kuyper	The Netherlands	interview was with 5 journalists at the same time
12 Nov. 2015		The Guardian	Alexis Petridis	UK	interview was with 5 journalists at the same time
17 Nov. 2015		Humo	Serge Simonart	Belgium	interview was with 5 journalists at the same time
16 Dec. 2015		El País Semanal	Iñigo López Palacios	Spain	interview was with 5 journalists at the same time
22 Dec. 2015		Ebony	Miles Marshall Lewis	online	by request of Prince retracted within hours of publication
22 Apr. 2016		Rolling Stone website	Brian Hiatt	online	interview took place more than 6 months before publication
24 Apr. 2016		The Guardian	Susie Boone	online	interview took place more than 6 months before publication

Interviews for radio and television

Date		Station & program: Show	Interviewer/Host	Country	Remarks
13 Nov. 1985		MTV: MTV Presents Prince	Steve Fargnoli	USA
7 Jun. 1986		WHYT, Detroit	The Electrifying Mojo	USA	Radio (phone in)
12 Mar. 1995		BBC1: The Sunday Show	Veronica Webb	England	(a second segment aired on 1 April 1995)
16 Nov. 1996		Tokyo radio show	?	Japan	Radio (phone in)
19 Nov. 1996		Fuji-TV	?	Japan
21 Nov. 1996		Syndicated: Oprah	Oprah Winfrey	USA
19 Dec. 1996		NBC: The Today Show	Bryant Gumbel	USA
7 Jan. 1997		Syndicated: The Rosie O’Donnell Show	Rosie O’Donnell	USA
1 Feb. 1997		VH1: VH1 To One: VH-1 presents the artist formerly known as Prince	Chris Rock	USA
25 Apr. 1997		Syndicated: Entertainment Tonight	Lisa Canning	USA	(a second segment aired on 3 May 1997)
29 Jul. 1997		CNN: Showbiz Today	Jim Moret	USA	(a second segment aired on 30 Jul. 1997)
9 Dec. 1997		KMSP: The Biz / Minnesota Nine News	Robyne Robinson	USA
29 May 1998		NBC: The Today Show	Matt Lauer	USA
9 Jun. 1998		syndicated: Vibe	Sinbad	USA
1 Jul. 1998		ABC: Good Morning America	Kevin Newman	USA
28 Jul. 1998		CNN: Showbiz Today	Sherri Sylvester	USA	short bits initially aired on 24 Jul. 1998; CNN: Cover Version (USA)
25 Sep. 1998		WBLS: Jeff Foxx Show]	Jeff Foxx	USA	Radio (phone in)
20 Oct. 1998		BBC2: O-Zone	Kevin Greening	England
24 Oct. 1998		(N/A) Beautiful Strange	Mel B.	England
27 Oct. 1998		BET: Tonight - Talk Back With Tavis Smiley	Tavis Smiley	USA
1 Dec. 1998		SAT1: Blitz	Monica Lierhaus (?)	Germany	interview from Madrid????? 20/12?
5 Nov. 1999		MTV: MTV News 1515	Kurt Loder	USA
13 Nov. 1999		BET: Out The Box	Malonda Richard?	USA
20 Nov. 1999		BBC1: Top Of The Pops+	?	England
26 Nov. 1999		TF1: Tout Lara Fabian	Lara Fabian & Jean Pierre Foucault	France
5 Dec. 1999		ZDF: Roger Willemsens Musikszene	Roger Willemsen	Germany
8 Dec. 1999		NBC: The Today Show	Matt Lauer	USA
9 Dec. 1999		Total Request Live	Kurt Loder	USA
9 Dec. 1999		Access Hollywood	?	USA
10 Dec. 1999		CNN: Larry King Live	Larry King	USA
11 Dec. 1999		VIVA1: VIVA Spezial - The Artist	Charlotte Roche	Germany	Also aired as "Fast Forward: The Artist - Das Interview" on VIVA2 17 Dec. 1999 Dec. - Germany
14 Dec. 1999		VH1: The Rankin File	Rebecca Rankin	USA
17 Dec. 1999		ABC: The View	Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Lisa Ling	USA
18 Dec. 1999		CNN: 1999 WorldBeat	Brooke Alexander	USA
21 Dec. 1999		TROS: TV Show	Ivo Niehe	The Netherlands
22 Dec. 1999		E! Daily News	?	USA
29 Dec. 1999		CBS: The Early Show	Bryant Gumbel	USA
26 Jan. 2000		@lter8	David & Stephen Dewaele	The Netherlands
?? Mar. 2000		Los angeles radio	???	USA	Radio (phone in)
1 Jun. 2000		KMSP-(FOX)9 News At Ten	Robyne Robinson	USA
3 May 2001		NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno	Jay Leno	USA
23 Oct. 2003		Channel 9: Today: Rove Live	Rove	Australia
19 Feb. 2004		PBS: Tavis Smiley	Tavis Smiley	USA
26 Feb. 2004		NBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno	Jay Leno	USA
3 Mar. 2004		NBC: Ellen DeGeneres Show	Ellen DeGeneres	USA
15 Mar. 2004		Syndicated: The Doug Banks Show	Doug Banks	USA	Radio (phone in)
22 Mar. 2004		NBC: The Today Show	Matt Lauer	USA
19 Apr. 2004		CNBC: Special Report With Maria Bartiromo	Maria Bartiromo	USA
19 Apr. 2004		WPGC: Donnie Simpson Morning Show	Donnie Simpson	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		Syndicated: Tom Joyner Morning Show	Tom Joyner	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		KYLD SF: Clear Channel - [The Dog House	Jeff Vandergrift & Elvis (Dan Lay	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		WVEE: Frank Ski Morning Show	Frank Ski	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		WRKS - NY/ Kiss FM	?	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		WLLD Tampa	Infinity - "Orlando and the Freak Show	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		KKDA/K104: Skip Murphy	Skip Murphy	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		KJLH - LA	?	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		KPWR LA: Emmis - Big Boy	Big Boy (Kurt Alexander)	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		KKBT, KBFB: Steve Harvey	Steve Harvey	USA	Radio (phone in)
19 Apr. 2004		WBLS: Jeff Foxx Show	Jeff Foxx	USA	Radio (phone in)
20 Apr. 2004		NBC: The Today Show	Matt Lauer	USA	RE-RUN OF 22/03 2004 ????????????
30 Apr. 2004		MTV News	Sway Calloway	USA
30 Apr. 2004		France 2 Trafic Musique		France
30 Apr. 2004		Fuji TV 200 Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ		Japan
04 May 2004		BET: Words & Music by Prince	?	USA
3 Jun. 2004		E! News: Access Hollywood	Shaun Robinson	USA
13 Jul. 2004		Extra TV: The Legend Rolls On	AJ Calloway	USA
20 Jul. 2004		CBS: The Early Show	Rene Syler	USA
26 Jul. 2004		CNN: Prince on The Biz	David Haffenreffer	USA
26 Jul. 2004		CTV: Canada AM	Seamus O'Rega	Canada
1 Aug. 2004		MuchMoreMusic: MuchMoreMusic Live!: Prince	Bill Welychka	Canada
13 Dec. 2005		VH1: VH1 News	?	USA
22 Apr. 2009		PBS: Tavis Smiley	Tavis Smiley	USA
14 Oct. 2009		Canal+: Le Grand Journal	?	France	Did he do an interview here?
10 Dec. 2010		107.5 WBLS	?	USA	Radio
13 Dec. 2010		103.5 KTU	?	USA	Radio
17 Sep. 2010		ABC: The View	Sherri Shepherd, Whoopie Goldfberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar	USA	Does this counts as an interview?
14 Apr. 2011		Syndicated: 2011 Lopez Tonight	George Lopez	USA
27 Jun. 2011		Canal+: Le Grand Journal	Michel Denisot	France
17 Sep. 2012		ABC: The View	Sherri Shepherd, Whoopie Goldfberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar	USA
3 May 2014		Syndicated: The Arsenio Hall Show	Arsenio Hall	USA
30 Sep. 2015		NBC: Today	…	USA	Does this counts as an interview? (phone in)

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