Prince Played All 27 Instruments on His First Album ALONE

A shy kid with epilepsy, barely audible when he spoke, grew up to out-play every musician in the room.

Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, named after his father's jazz band.

His parents split when he was young, and he bounced between homes until a friend's family took him in.

He taught himself piano, then guitar, then drums, then everything he could reach.

As a teenager he recorded demos alone, playing every part because he trusted no one else with it.

Label after label wanted to assign him producers, and he refused, demanding total control.

In 1978, that teenager made an album playing all twenty-seven instruments on it himself.

Six years later, Purple Rain turned him into a global phenomenon and won him an Oscar.

He blurred every line, genre, gender, and expectation, and made it look effortless.

He became simply Prince, one of the most gifted musicians who ever lived.

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