At what age does a speaker say Prince was signed to Warner?

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Soundtrack To My Life: Billy Mann & Purple Rain by Prince & The Revolution Pt.6

1 May 2025 · 0 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube video (Soundtrack To My Life: Billy Mann & Purple Rain by Prince & The Revolution Pt.6) featuring two speakers discussing Prince. They note biographical facts (a speaker says Prince was signed to Warner at 17) and reflect on his broad appeal and androgynous persona that allowed listeners of any gender to relate to and interpret his lyrics for their own lives.

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And there wasn't an artist I could point to that was sort of taking these different elements.
How old is Prince when he records this? Is he like.
20? 1984?
He was young.
He was signed to Warner when he was 17.
That's crazy. I don't know. I loved so much of it. I felt like he was relatable and accessible to men and women, to anybody. He was an androgynous figure in a way that you could relate to. Or you could dive into the lyrics and take ownership of them in the narrative of your own life.
I never thought of it that way, but you're so right. I never thought of the androgyny, but he really was.