Thriller lights the world on fire, he says.
Its not a video.
Its a mini-movie throw that gas on Princes fire.
Prince’s longtime friend and drummer Bobby Z looks back at the road to ‘Purple Rain’ in our new episode of Rolling Stone Music NowRoss Marino/Getty Images
Im taking this now.
Thats not acceptable that someone else has it.
Im going to make the full movie.
Its got to be a motion picture.'
But Prince wasnt only thinking about Jackson, Bobby Z adds: Was it all to compete?
It was absolutely everyone.
And [Prince] did it.
Hes starring in this movie.
Hes got the Number One album.
Hes got the Number One song.
(He did win Grammys forPurple Rain, too, albeit only three of them.)
He was a confusing kind of guy for people who had been drinking beer since 6 a.m.
He never took rejection as anything but work harder.
And he goes, I get it.
Ill give the R&B crowd 1999 and then Ill give the rockers Little Red Corvette.'
