Suzanne Vega regrets turning down an invitation to Prince‘s house.
Suzanne Vega regrets snubbing Prince
The 65-year-old singer was touched to receive a handwritten letter from the late ‘Purple Rain’ hitmaker – who died from an accidental overdose in June 2016 aged 57 – and he later saw her in concert but left before the end, though offered an invitation for her to spent a day with him at his Paisley Park estate.
However, Suzanne “foolishly” said no, imagining she’d get another opportunity in the future, but never did.
She told Vulture: “I got a handwritten letter from him, which was a thing of art and beauty. He drew a little flower, and he wrote ‘Thank God for you.’
“He liked the song ‘Luka’. He was at the Grammys when I performed that year. He jumped to his feet at the end of the performance, and it’s a moment I’ve never forgotten. I think of that as sort of the pinnacle of those years.
“I had hoped to meet him. He came to a show and I thought, Oh, I’ll meet him then.
“But he was, you know, kind of eccentric. He waited until everyone came into the venue and he came in with his bodyguards, sitting on the flight cases by the side of the stage.
“When I sang ‘Luka’, which at that moment in time was the fourth song in the set, he got up and danced, and then he left.
“He asked if I wanted to meet with him the next day and get a tour of Paisley Park. I foolishly thought, We’re friends now, so I’ll do it next time. Well, the next time never happened.”
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