>> Looking slick as ever.
>> I appreciate that.
>> Congratulations on the book.
You know, you hear music and
can't help but want to move and
you used to have signature moves
back in day.
How do you come up with those
moves.
>> A lot of those moves were
born on stage.
When I started ien ended up the
lead singer, was supposed to be
the drumer, I said I don't know
how to be in front of a band and
prince was like, be cool.
>> Right.
>> He said keep your hand in
your pocket and be cool.
So.
Check it out.
The first video, cool, if you
look at that video my right hand
never comes out of my pocket.
I didn't know what else to do.
I was just prim ING doing that.
>> I love the jungle love move,
it's greatest all time.
If you hear this music, if
jungle love comes on will you
hit the dance floor.
>> Oh, no.
>> No?
>> Absolutely not.
Absolutely not.
Now, now, back in the day,
the -- the original Morris day,
back in the day, there was no
off switch.
>> Right.
>> But over the years I've
learned to hit the off switch.
>> Okay.
>> So lot of people see me in
public they're like dude, why
you so laid back.
I was like, I hit the off
switch.
I know when it turn it on.
You got conserve energy.
>> You got to pay for that.
>> There you go.
It's really a dollar sign
switch.
>> Let's take it back.
You and prince are both from
Minneapolis.
Did you meet there?
>> Yeah, yeah.
Absolutely.
I'm from Springfield, Illinois,
and we were moving supposed to
be coming to California and
stopped at Minneapolis to visit
a sink aunt and ended up there
for the next 20 years.
I wasn't too happy about that.
But --
noy.
You know, as time would reveal,
pun intended, a lot of great
things happen in Minneapolis.
>> We had the sick aunt, I hope
she's okay, to thank you to get
you and prince together.
>> And I thought she was like on
her death bed.
She just had a cold or
something.
I would have sent some advil or
something.
Cold for sinus.
>> What's her name.
>> Regina.
>> Regina thank you.
>> Yeah.
>> We heard the story y'all met
in the cafeteria is that right.
>> Yeah.
>> Some might think you were
grabbing lunch at school.
>> It was after hours, it was a
dance in the cafeteria, and the
story goes I was going to see
prince play but I was really
there to meet I girl and I
didn't meet prince that night, I
met his bass player and he and I
hit it off.
First of all.
These guys were so amazing,
playing 21 years old and they
were like 13 and 14 years old,
prince was ripping up Carlos
santana solos, just ripping it
up.
I said I got to be part of this.
So I got to know Andre, baths
bass player.
He and I would skip school and I
had these drums,
I would hitting tower of power
soul vaccinations and I finish
and Andre is sitting there
looking at me.
I'm like what's up man.
He said, dude I didn't know you
played like that.
And so they invite med to
audition.
I said up my drums and they
never left.
>> That was it.
But from there it took about two
or three weeks before prince
would really even say anything.
He was just always looking at me
from the shadows.
I'm like what's this dude
looking at man.
Why don't you say something.
>> He was studying you.
>> Cut to one of the most iconic
rock films with "Purple rain"
you ended up his rival in there.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And one of the greatest
soundtracks all time.
>> The anniversary is coming
zblup that's right.
35 years.
Tonight at the Chinese man
theater we're going to show the
movie and do question and
answer, and do some book
signing.
>> Yeah.
>> What do you remember about
the movie.
The story I read you didn't
think it was really going to be
made.
You're like prince, come on.
>> Well, think about it.
We in Minneapolis, we had our
first record so I seen a little
success but he's like, we're
going to do a movie.
I'm like, okay, whatever, I
ain't never done a movie before.
So I said cool.
Next thing I know --
>> Hand in the pocket.
>> No hand was out of the pocket
by then.
I had some moves.
I said okay.
Whatever.
I just.
I don't think I ever really took
it serious.
Even though I had some good
scenes.
>> Right.
>> But I was just, you know,
next thing I know we're taking
acting classes, dancing classes,
all this stuff, you know.
I'm doing jet as.
>> Oh, dang, kicking it.
>> Right, right.
>> Want to make sure we get to
the book.
It really encompasses
everything.
>> Yes all of this is in the
book.
So please get the book
[ cheers and applause ]
>> We got you.
>> Amazon prime, will be at the
your door tonight.
>> It's not an argument but a
conversation really between you
and prince.
>> Yes but your producer told me
it sounded like a argument to
her.
That's a different way of
looking at it.
Because we are going back and
forth for sure.
>> Rivals, playing it up.
>> Yeah we were rivals but not
really.
We were friends first.
But the story I like to tell is
when he put the band together he
didn't realize what he had done.
He created the Frankin Stien
monster.
>> Yep.
>> You know.
And so we started to outdo him a
little bit in certain cities and
before I knew it, we weren't
allowed to be on the show in
L.A., Chicago, New York,
Atlanta.
All of the major cities we had
to go do our own thing.
>> Take it down a notch.
>> Like you're in Tampa Florida.
>> Right.
>> Thank you Mr. Morris day.
>> Morris day.
[ Cheers and applause ]
>> If y'all are in the L.A. Area
there's a 35th anniversary
screening of purple rain and