Who was Prince really? In 1985 Neal Karlen interviewed the world's biggest - and most reclusive star. In the years that followed they developed an unlikely friendship. He tells us about the dilemmas o

In 1985 - while working for Rolling Stone magazine - Neal Karlen was granted an interview with the world's biggest, and at the time most reclusive star, Prince Rogers Nelson. In the years that followed he also covered the Nude Tour in 1990 and they developed an unlikely friendship (sometimes manifested in late night phone calls about anything and everything). Neal tells us about the dilemmas of writing a book following the star's untimely death.