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Celebrities react to the death of Prince

<p>Few celebs have had the allure that Prince did throughout his career. And for that reason, it seems like everybody has a Prince story.</p><p>A story about&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFEYqLq51gg" target="_blank">being at Prince&#39;s house</a>.</p><p>&quot;You had a demo of your music, and you broke into Prince&#39;s house?&quot; Jimmy Fallon asks</p><p>&quot;I did,&quot; Kesha said.</p><p>How do you break into Prince&#39;s house?&quot;</p><p>&quot;It was so easy.&quot;</p><p>&quot;What?&quot;</p><p>Or Prince being&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MplgkLyTTmk" target="_blank">at your house</a>.</p><p>&quot;Having Prince in my house yesterday was like, ... it looked actually like we were a top a cloud. ... Somebody asked me what were we going to do, and I said we&#39;re just gonna jam and have tea. So I think he read that and was like, &#39;OK. Well, I&#39;ll just have a cup of really strong tea,&#39;&quot; Lianne La Havas said.</p><p>A story about Prince and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN32oZw1XAc" target="_blank">his legendary concerts</a>.</p><p>&quot;Prince performed, and when I tell you I was trying to be right in front of the stage. ... Then he looked at me and called me up there. I&#39;m like, I can&#39;t come up there. But I went!&quot; Queen Latifah said.</p><p>&quot;I&#39;m dancing and his song is on, and I completely forgot about the show, the character or acting at all. ... And I kind of looked over at him and he gave me a look like, &#39;Hey, man. I&#39;m proud of you,&#39;&quot;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQvnzOdlbg" target="_blank">Max Greenfield says.</a></p><p>Or about&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfhoI6iX5ng" target="_blank">disappointing Prince</a>&nbsp;after one of his legendary concerts.</p><p>&quot;His assistant comes over and hand&#39;s me a blank DVD case and says, &#39;Play this.&#39; When I open the case, I was really taken aback, &#39;Finding Nemo?&#39; ... I was just like, &#39;Did I get fired and replaced by a cartoon fish?&#39; Yeah, yeah I did,&quot; Questlove said.</p><p>And of course, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cc.com/video-clips/e748yj/chappelle-s-show-charlie-murphy-s-true-hollywood-stories---prince---uncensored" target="_blank">most famous story of all</a>.</p><p>&quot;I learned something that day: Don&#39;t judge a book by its cover. This cat could ball man,&quot; Charlie Murphy said.</p><p>&quot;Game, blouses,&quot; Dave Chappelle says while imitating playing Prince.</p><p>&quot;It made Prince laugh, and he liked the sketch so much, you were the cover of his last release,&quot; Jimmy Fallon said.</p><p>It seems when you interact with a music icon, you tend to get a pretty good story out of it.</p><p><i>This video includes clips from&nbsp;</i><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN32oZw1XAc" target="_blank">NBC</a></i><i>,&nbsp;</i><i><a href="http://www.cc.com/video-clips/e748yj/chappelle-s-show-charlie-murphy-s-true-hollywood-stories---prince---uncensored" target="_blank">Comedy Central</a></i><i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</i><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MplgkLyTTmk" target="_blank">NME</a></i><i>&nbsp;and images from Getty Images.</i></p>
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Pop legend Prince passed away on Thursday at the age of 57, and celebrities and musicians from around the world took to social media to share their memories of the music giant. Scroll below to read their remembrances.

 

 

He Changed The World!! A True Visionary. What a loss. I'm Devastated.? This is Not A Love Song.

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It was Raspberry Beret. I was 4 years old. Yes, 4. I remember that I instantly loved it. "Mommy, who is that singing?" Seems weird but it's true. More than a "once in a lifetime" artist... Just a ONCE IN FOREVER ARTIST. I'm still in shock as I write this and I feel this overwhelming grief. But, we should all turn away from that and HONOR this musician that changed all of our lives, our perspectives, our feeling, our whole being. From another planet? Probably. Royalty, for sure. Us worthy..? Laughable. They say don't meet your idols... That they let you down. But, some of my greatest, funniest (yes, he was hilarious), and most prolific encounters and conversations about music came from the moments that I spent with him. It would be silly to say that he has inspired our music... It's beyond that. He's somewhere within every song I've ever written. I am sad, but I will smile when I think of every second that I had the fortune of being in his company. We have lost our greatest living musician. But his music will never die. Prince, NOTHING COMPARES... #RIPPrince

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Prince was my favorite musician and Purple Rain is my favorite album. At a time when the world was all about Michael Jackson I secretly always dug Prince a little more. I think because he was a showman, genius musician and lyricist but mainly because he wasn't afraid to be raw, sexual and completely unique with his vision. I'm totally shocked this man is dead at 57 when he should have been doing this for decades to come. We've all been robbed by his passing. The last time I saw him was at the forum a couple years back and it's the best show I've ever seen. He was so next level that I remember thinking that no one could touch his musical abilities at that moment. My friend Al and I got to go to the after party and meet Prince and hang at his place where he played a private party there might have been 100 of us and I stood front and center watching Prince play guitar like he was being fast forwarded. Stevie Wonder then came out and they did many numbers together. It was a special night. I am gonna miss Prince. Purple Rain on repeat all week and beyond. #mayulive2cthedawn

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The White House also released a statement remembering Prince:

Today, the world lost a creative icon. Michelle and I join millions of fans from around the world in mourning the sudden death of Prince. Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent. As one of the most gifted and prolific musicians of our time, Prince did it all. Funk. R&B. Rock and roll. He was a virtuoso instrumentalist, a brilliant bandleader, and an electrifying performer.

“A strong spirit transcends rules,” Prince once said -- and nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band, and all who loved him.‎

Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.

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