Blame It On Vanity, Welcome Evangelist Denise Matthews aka "Vanity"

MY FIRST MEETING WITH PRINCE....AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS "And there stood a young man, awaiting my smile, with a short fishing line and a very large hook in his hand. After he executed and I digested his most strange, intellectually articulative, poetically astounding, verbal quest for communication, I yielded. I can't pretend it was no surprise what took place within the more than minute meeting which he cleverly confiscated and I thoroughly enjoyed. Cameras were hovering about, honing in, interrogating for impressive subject material. I, somewhat confused - much like the Great Fall of Babylon - from the semi-automatic bombastic explosion of questions on my right, but I recall only one that mattered? Who is the Lovely Lady, Prince? Was he really speaking of me? Grabbing tight my hand and yanking me to his side he replied defiantly, 'This is my wife.'" .... This is an excerpt taken from Denise Matthews' memoir, "Blame It On Vanity"