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&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;I'm so sad about the death of Prince, he was a true genius, and a huge inspiration for me, in a very real way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_2&quot;&gt;In the 1980s, I was out on the road in a massive downward spiral with drink and drugs, I saw &quot;Purple Rain&quot; in a cinema in Canada, I had no idea who he was, it was like a bolt of lightning!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_3&quot;&gt;In the middle of my depression, and the dreadful state of the music culture at that time, it gave me hope, he was like a light in the darkness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_4&quot;&gt;I went back to my hotel, and surrounded by empty beer cans, wrote &quot;Holy Mother&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_5&quot;&gt;I can't believe he's gone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_6&quot;&gt;(This post first appeared on Eric Clapton's &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot; href=&quot;https://m.facebook.com/ericclapton/photos/a.88629717174.94063.12673567174/10153405137612175/?type=3&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; page.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_7&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/xhIwBNTQ5Yo&quot; width=&quot;690&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_8&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.dailyo.in/arts/david-bowie-prince-lgbt-freedom-legends-of-pop-identity-drag-individual/story/1/10246.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Also read: To David Bowie, Prince and the year that changed my life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_9&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.dailyo.in/arts/prince-bowie-and-friends-present-the-great-gig-in-the-sky/story/1/10223.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Also read - Prince, Bowie and friends: The superband in the stars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Eric Clapton pays a short, moving tribute to Prince

'I can't believe he's gone,' writes the noted musician.

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