Throughout "On Time: A Princely Life in Funk," Prince appears via a dialogue in Morris Day's head — in italics. Here's an excerpt:
Excerpt of a 'dialogue' between Prince and Morris Day from the book 'On Time'
October 7, 2019 at 4:19PM
Prince ain't gonna like what I'm about to write.
Try me.
You felt threatened by how good the Time became.
If I was threatened, y would I have u open 4 me?
The Time was definitely your creation, but until you heard us live night after night, you didn't realize how good we were. You'd created a monster that suddenly had a chance of being bigger than you.
Not buying it. Makes no sense. 'Cause if that were the case, I'd never have put u & the Time in the movies.
You keep jumping ahead. We'll get to that later.
Deal with it now. U don't wanna deal with it 'cause it blows up your case.
Hey, man, it only strengthens my case. Right now I ain't making no case. Just making an observation. Just trying to keep this story moving.
From "On Time: A Princely Life in Funk" by Morris Day with David Ritz (Da Capo Press). Copyright © 2019 Morris Day. Used with permission.
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