Prince Rogers Nelson’s Paisley Park may be turned into a lasting memorial for the late singer. Bakers Field reports that according to Sheila E, even before Prince died, he was planning to make Paisley Park a museum so everyone could enjoy.
"We're hoping to make Paisley what (he wanted) it to be. (He) was working on it being a museum," she said, "He's been gathering memorabilia and stuff from all the tours, like my drums and his motorcycle.
"There's a hallway of his awards and things, which he really didn't care about too much, but he displayed it for the fans because he knows that they would want to see it," Sheila explained. "There's pictures of him all down the halls, some you've seen before and some never (seen) There's a mural on the wall …show more content…
There were stained glass doors and inside, he had three beds, a king-sized bed, a round bed, and a day bed. One mirror hung on the wall over the king-sized bed. The room had sofas, chairs, and a desk, which according to Time, were all built large-scale.
When Prince first opened Paisley Park, it operated at a loss for two years, but after that, it took off and started running at a profit. The sound stage and recording studios are state-of-the-art, and they were “used for everything from rock videos to Hormel chili commercials.”
Time wrote, “The proprietor’s favorite black-and-white ’67 T-bird can often be seen in the parking lot. But he likes to keep out of the way, partly from personal inclination and partly from business savvy. He doesn’t want anybody, according to one aide, ”to feel like they’ve walked into Graceland” when dropping by Paisley Park. He keeps his various awards, including those for his four gold and eight platinum albums, locked in a basement room. But next to it, almost like tablets in a tabernacle, are tapes of an estimated 100 unreleased songs, plus two complete albums — enough to keep Prince in royalties for years, even if he never writes another
"We're hoping to make Paisley what (he wanted) it to be. (He) was working on it being a museum," she said, "He's been gathering memorabilia and stuff from all the tours, like my drums and his motorcycle.
"There's a hallway of his awards and things, which he really didn't care about too much, but he displayed it for the fans because he knows that they would want to see it," Sheila explained. "There's pictures of him all down the halls, some you've seen before and some never (seen) There's a mural on the wall …show more content…
There were stained glass doors and inside, he had three beds, a king-sized bed, a round bed, and a day bed. One mirror hung on the wall over the king-sized bed. The room had sofas, chairs, and a desk, which according to Time, were all built large-scale.
When Prince first opened Paisley Park, it operated at a loss for two years, but after that, it took off and started running at a profit. The sound stage and recording studios are state-of-the-art, and they were “used for everything from rock videos to Hormel chili commercials.”
Time wrote, “The proprietor’s favorite black-and-white ’67 T-bird can often be seen in the parking lot. But he likes to keep out of the way, partly from personal inclination and partly from business savvy. He doesn’t want anybody, according to one aide, ”to feel like they’ve walked into Graceland” when dropping by Paisley Park. He keeps his various awards, including those for his four gold and eight platinum albums, locked in a basement room. But next to it, almost like tablets in a tabernacle, are tapes of an estimated 100 unreleased songs, plus two complete albums — enough to keep Prince in royalties for years, even if he never writes another