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Today, June 7, would have been Prince's 58th birthday. But it's likely that the performer, who died on April 21, wouldn't have celebrated it anyways. In a 1999 interview for the Dutch television show "TROS," Prince made it clear that he's not a birthday guy.
"I don't celebrate birthdays," he said, "so that stops me from counting days, which stops me from counting time, which allows me to still look the same as I did 10 years ago."
And that's not the only time birthdays came up in interviews. In 1998, while getting interviewed by (of all people) Scary Spice, he repeated the refrain that he doesn't celebrate birthdays, maintaining that he would "celebrate the day [he] die[s]" instead.
Regardless, that didn't stop director Spike Lee from throwing an early bash for the musician last Saturday. Nor has that stopped Amoeba Records on Haight St.
from celebrating the performer's life, as well.
Today, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., DJ Camille will spin solely Prince tunes at the store. The event is free and all-ages, so if you're a Prince fan, stop by to celebrate the Purple One's memory.
