Quote for the Day...

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Mark Twain

Do you know who wrote that song?

Interesting(?) Prince Trivia...

Prince has recorded over 260 songs for his own albums and over 43 non-album tracks. He has written and recorded over 180 songs for a wide range of artists, including protegées such as Sheila E., Jill Jones and Mayte. Other songs have been used for his "satellite" projects, usually created as secondary outlets for his music: The Time, Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, The Family, and Madhouse. Some songs remain unreleased.

Prince has used no less than six names besides his own when writing songs for other artists. The Jamie Starr pseudonym first appeared on Dirty Mind, credited as engineer. As Jamie Starr, Prince has written songs for The Time, Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, and Sheila E. Prince's second pseudonym was Alexander Nevermind, a name used only for "Sugar Walls," written for Sheena Easton.

His next name, Christopher Tracy, was also used on one occasion only, as author of "Manic Monday" for The Bangles. Prince's fourth fictitious name came into being in late 1986, when a song written for Kenny Rogers was attributed to Joey Coco. This name has also been used for songs written for Deborah Allen, Jill Jones, Sheena Easton, Nona Hendryx, and Three O'Clock.

All the tunes on the first Madhouse album were listed as Madhouse compositions, suggesting that they were written collectively by the group, but it is in fact Prince who receives all songwriting royalties. On Madhouse's second album, some tunes were specified as being written by Prince, Sheila E., Eric Leeds, and Levi Seacer Jr., while other compositions were attributed to Madhouse, i.e., Prince. Later on, Prince used Paisley Park as an alias. He has written songs for Ingrid Chavez, El DeBarge, Paula Abdul, Patti LaBelle, Tevin Campbell, and Louie Louie using that name.