I have discovered in retrospect that Prince provided the soundtrack of my teen years.
I was just beginning middle school when he came on the scene, and I got totally lost in his 4 albums from 1999 to Parade. Then in high school I discovered "new music" i.e. classic alternative, new wave, post-punk - whatever you want to call it - and moved on. Now with his passing, going back to all those songs, I realize that he paved my whole emotional landscape! All those fantasies he planted in me made me ripe for disillusionment, lol.
Anyway, it gives me hope for the human race that a black man could speak right to the heart of a little blonde white girl, like he did with me. People aren't always all so different after all.