I'm old enough that I was a kid when he first came out.He did everything Bowie did,but with a Motown throwback edge.His Falsetto wss flawless.He played every instrument and played it well...even recorded his own playing of them all on his albums.He showed a true commitment to excellence...so much so that even though I and all my friends were Slayer fanatics we all respected him.He was so confident in himself that he made it almost impossible to make fun of how effeminate he was(and this was the 80s when that's about all we did). Nothing but respect for Prince.