I hired a guy for a one year contract assignment as an audio engineer/general AV specialist for a corporate gig in 2019. Don was almost 70 and looking for a steady thing after 50+ years as an audio tech. He toured with pretty much every big act of the 70s - 80s including Bowie, ZZ Top, Stevie Wonder (said he was the absolute best to work for)....and some guy named Prince. He actually helped build his first home recording studio in his small house in Chanhassen. If anyone's heard the demo recordings Piano & A Microphone 1983, he was the tape operator & only other person in the studio when Prince cut those tracks. He worked for him for 2 or 3 years, and got cut loose just before the Purple Rain tour. He described Prince as a genius & an asshole, but attributed most of the assholish behavior to a guy who couldn't explain to the mere mortals he employed what was in his head & how to capture that sound on tape. But Prince had a fun side. He confirmed there were lots of pickup basketball games & motorcycle rides (Prince's bike was a small Honda w/ a CVT; the rest of the crew mostly road Harleys). Once they were having a crew lunch at a local diner when Prince saw someone pull up in a Jeep Wrangler that he fell in love with. Don was dispatched on the spot to find out where the owner got it & then purchased an identical one for Prince that he then customized. When Prince fired him it was surgical & cold. One of the managers pulled him aside weeks before the tour & said his services weren't needed anymore, thanked him for the hard work, and a gave him a nominal check. He was pissed at the time but everyone around Prince knew how it worked. When he'd learned everything he could from you Prince set you aside & moved on. His lasting memory of him outside of recording those demos was watching him Prince mimic Elvis' dance moves while he watched his old movies on VHS.