Shania Twain, Prince.Photo: Nicky J Sims/Getty; Kevin Winter/Getty
Shania TwainandPrincealmost made an album together!
“I missed out on that because Prince called me when I got divorced. We’re on the phone, and he said, ‘Shania, why don’t you come to Paisley Park? I want to make the nextRumoursalbum with you,'” said Twain. “And that was the weirdest thing he could’ve ever said because Mutt’s standard on where he thought I could live as a standard was that album, theRumoursalbum. He said that to me.”
“When Prince said that to me, I’m like, ‘Aw man, I’m not even divorced yet! I’ve been dumped, but there’s no divorce yet. This is way too ironic, what you’re saying.’ And I’m such a major Prince fan,” she continued. “And on top of that, I hadn’t found my voice yet. I was still working on it. I was so far from finding it, still. I was writing, but I was too insecure to get with Prince in the studio. I was too insecure in every way.”
Shania Twain and Zane Lowe.Courtesy Apple Music
She also recalled a particular rule that Prince, who died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016, held firmly for working at his residence.
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“I’m on the phone with him, and I’m swearing, like I always do. He says to me, ‘Well, if you do decide to come to Paisley Park, there’s no swearing allowed here.’ So that was another strike,” she recalled. “I’m like, ‘Oh no, I love you so much, but I don’t think I could get through writing and recording an album without swearing somewhere along the way! What are you going to do to me if I swear? I’m going to have to stand in the corner or something!'”
Unfortunately, the pair never got the chance to work together. “I wasn’t sure about that. I don’t think I was ready for what all that was going to mean for me,” said Twain. “I didn’t give up on it or anything, but then he died.”
source: people.com
