- [Camera Operator] One, two.
- [Reporter] The excitement started earlier today
when Prince stopped by a record store
to make nice with fans.
Although he wouldn't sign any personal autographs,
people still waited in line for up to two or three hours.
You ready? Alright. You're at the front of the line.
How long have you been -
- I am first.
- You are the first person.
How long have you been here?
- Since eight o'clock. Eight o'clock.
- What time is it now?
- It is 2:20.
- [Interviewer] What did you think when you heard
Prince was going to be at a record store?
- [Woman] I didn't believe it at first.
I called the radio station to make sure.
They said, "Well, when you hear the ad
the next time, call the radio station."
I said, "I thought I heard that Prince is going to be
at Rhythm and Views on B Street.
They said, "Well, we don't know,"
and I just - I made sure I set my clock, got up,
got myself together, came down here. I'm serious.
I got myself together and tried look nice and everything and
took out the time and I was here, you know,
and that's all that matters.
- So what did you think when you first heard that Prince was
going to sign things in a record store?
- I couldn't believe it because usually,
you know, people as big as him don't do
things like that.
I remember the last thing I heard about a band that’d be doing [something like this]
was Depeche Mode in L.A.
Let's see what happens when he gets here.
- [Reporter] What are you going to say when you meet Prince
in a few minutes?
- I'm going to tell him how much I love his music
and how much it's meant to me over the last 10 years.
- And tell me why do you think he hasn't toured the
United States in the past five years?
- I think the people in the United States
don't really understand him.
I don't think they listened to his music in its entirety.
They only listen to a few songs that are released,
and so, because they don’t understand him,
I think he's realized Europe is more receptive to him.
So that's why I think he hasn't toured in the U.S.,
even though I miss him.
- Is Atlanta a big Prince town?
- No, not as big as New Jersey or New York,
but we're getting there.
- You know, he's only playing 10 cities in these
little tiny venues.
Why do you think he's only playing the small venues
in a few cities?
- Because I think he likes intimate concerts,
really small intimate concerts. I like it that way, also.
- [Reporter] You are devoted. You told me you got
your tickets in a very special way.
- Yeah, I heard about the concert the day before tickets
went on sale, and I went out at one o'clock in the morning
and slept outside all night long in front of the fire
until 10 o'clock, and pushed and shoved
and pushed and shoved until I made sure I
got my tickets because I was going to see him in concert.
- What do you want to hear him play tonight?
Do you have tickets?
- Yeah. Second row. Close.
Very close.
I don't care what he plays.
He can just stand there and do nothing and I would enjoy it.
- [Reporter] Are you pumped for the concert tonight?
- [Woman] I am very pumped for the concert tonight.
- [Reporter] Are you ready to catch Prince
if he stage dives?
- [Woman] Yes I am. I'm ready.
I'm ready.
If he falls, I will definitely catch him.
[Laughs]
- We're going to start the meeting here,
and then all the cameras will be off of us
and on...
[Cheering]
- You're up and rolling?
- [Camera Man] Yes.
- OK. You're first in line.
- I was the first in line, yes, and I was too dumbfounded
to say anything. All I asked him was to sign his picture
and to sign my album. He put a smiley face in the middle
of mine. He didn't do that to anybody else's though.
- He signed three of my things.
And I shook his hand.
- What did you say to Prince when you met him?
- I said, "Prince, I love you."
He said, "I love you, too."
- So did you just get to meet Prince?
- Yes, I sure did.
- And what did you say?
- I asked him if he was going to put a song that he played
last night on an album that was unreleased.
A song called "Peach."
He said he was going to do it. It was really good song.
- [Reporter] Great. Were you nervous when you met Prince?
- Not really. He seemed like a cool guy.
He's kind of quiet, but I expected that.
- What did you get him to sign?
- The new album.
- All right. Let's see it.
- What happened to you? You're all excited.
- I walked up, and I asked him - I said, "Can I see your eyes?"
He's got sunglasses on. I said, "Can I see your eyes?"
And he took them down.
I looked him dead in his eyes. I took his hand, we shook hands, and I
kissed his hand, and I said, "Thank you for your music."
And he smiled.
- Did you get anything signed or did you just
wanted to see his eyes?
- Oh, I got everything signed.
I got everybody to sign it. Gave him this.
All of it.
Gold, black, all of it.
All of it.
Back and front, OK?
And I'm the happiest woman on earth
right now.
- That's great.