Prince: A Genius Too Far Ahead of His Time
The Scale of Genius Susan Rogers knew she was witnessing something unprecedented. As Prince’s staff engineer from 1983 to 1987, during what many consider his most creative period, Rogers watched a single man accomplish what should have been impossible. [Other megastars] “all had producers and session musicians,” she recalled years later. “They all had the best players. Prince was one guy who was writing and arranging and producing, and he was competing with all of them on that level.” ...