On Time: A Princely Life in Funk Hardcover – October 8, 2019

For those interested in Prince's path to Warner Bros., listen to interviews from those who were there. Chris Moon of Moonsound hired Prince to help write radio commercials (he was chief recording engineer at the largest advertising agency in Minneapolis); and taught Prince recording and producing, giving him the keys to his studio. Chris helped write and record a demo of songs which he brought to Owen Husney who then took Prince on. David Z (Bobby Z's brother) was brought in to record the demo which got him signed to Warners. David has an interview on You Tube talking about the recording, how Prince played all the instruments. He also worked on Prince's iconic albums, including Purple Rain.Funkatopia has a great interview with Chris Moon on Soundcloud; Chris even talks about recording Champagne's demo (when he first met Prince). Owen Husney has You Tube interviews, and has written the excellent book, 'Famous People Who've Met Me: A Memoir by the Man Who Discovered Prince'. Chris Moon cowrote Soft and Wet, on Prince's 1st album.Per Nilsen's book 'Dance Music Sex Romance, Prince: The First Decade' goes into great detail about it all -- Prince quit Champagne to work with Chris Moon, and his exit wasn't pretty. Morris leaves all of this out of his book.Prince was a once in a lifetime artist. His unprecedented Warners contract where he was given 3-albums and full control in the studio is an important part of his legacy.

A Delight! I literally couldn't put this down. When i first heard about the Prince dialog, i thought it sounded gimmicky. I was wrong. It reads like a man who has the voice of his brother Deep in his Soul. I have been a fan of The Time since the summer of '81. This was a compelling and highly entertaining read. Morris has great insight and self awareness. Glad i didn't dismiss this one. A Joy to read! Got to meet him last fall at a Time concert, (see crappy photo). I think this is an essential read for Prince fans, despite some reviews to the contrary. I loved it!

Good read. Hearing Morris view on it all is cool. I didn’t know about some of his struggles so that was interesting. Overall there’s enough to make Prince and Morris fans happy.

Thought this would have peeled the curtain to reveal things we did not know about Prince. I bought this only because it was written by David Ritz who usually writes about deep issues, not in this one.

There's a few reviews that say's Morris isn't telling no more then they already knew about Prince. And He's left out so much other stuff about Prince ! Well this book isn't about the basic Prince story. The Book is about Morris Days up's and downs in life . So he's telling His View point about things that was going on in His own Life plus dealing with The Time and Prince.. Even though the 2 was said to be like brothers ,and Morris Days stage altar ego is partly Prince's altar ego. I'am sure there were plenty of things that Prince was doing or involved in,that didn't included Morris. So why would Morris tell about stuff that he wasn't a part of. When His trying to tell a little about His Own story.There are plenty of other books out there that's about Prince's Life and Music only. This ones' about Morris Day's life ,some personal stuff and His relationship with Prince. And the way He felt Prince would respond to some of the things he and Prince dealt with each other on. Plus we are talking lifetimes here ,there's only so much You can put in a book.

Man, l gobbled this up in the course of a few hours. Way better then I expected. I was worried that the "interjections" would grow tiresome, but quite the opposite. This hit me hard emotionally and rejuvenated my love for Morris. Nicely done, sirs! Highly recommended and one of the better Prince-related books out there, imo. A few real bombshells in here too amongst the many jewels of nerdy info and incredible stories. Fantastic.

I really enjoyed "On Time" by Morris Day. There are not many books that tell the real story, but this is one of them. I learned quite a bit more about Prince and his relationships. I appreciate Day's candor and vulnerability.

This book was amazing, a real page turner from beginning to end.

I'm a 61-year old white guy who grew up on glam rock.I was a Prince fan from around the time of the 1999 album. Then I saw Purple Rain and there were The Time, on screen, throwing shapes that made Prince's band look like statues.Prince had manufactured their first album and told Morris Day to pull a band together to promote it. They ended up with a prominent role as THE SERIOUS COMPETITION to The Kid's band (The Revolution) and the rivalry in the Purple Rain film is arch comedy and pathos and everything all in one place. Morris Day had a KILLER band, personality for 10,000 miles and songs to die for.Prince being Prince - he sort of gets a voice in this book - as imagined by Morris Day and their imagined conversations are quite revealing as to Prince's character. Morris also talks to 'himself' his addictive personality 'MD' to examine his romances with women, drugs and music.Prince being Prince, he held onto The Time as tour mates, supported them, realised their their immense potential, put them in a sequel to the Purple Rain film.... and then cruelly jerked them around in the most horrendous ways, tried to get them to sign up as Jehovah's Witnesses and cut off contact with them.Morris had a brief reunion with Prince before his untimely and extremely sad passing. He only speaks of him with love and respect, though severe frustration and utter bafflement with him do creep in at times.This book stands with Dennis Dunaway's autobiography and Lise Lyng Falkenberg's book with Don Powell of Slade, as one of the most searingly honest self examinations of a musician's life that I have read.Morris' fans will love it. Prince fans will either love it or hate it.What would Prince think? "What does it matter if U love it?"Recommended.

Morris Day was one of the few that knew Prince from the beginning right the way through from the very first band right to the end. And he was heavily involved in the creation of music and bands with him.This book was an autobiography of sorts, but really it was Morris wanting to talk about the friend he knew and, you could tell, missed. I found Morris's life interesting - he is the first person I know that parent's did what mine did (swapped husbands). He was candid and open about the things he has struggled with, including women, and especially being a good father.But what makes this book unique is how he dealt with the Prince side of the book - he wrote it with Prince inside his head. He imagined Prince's responses to what he was saying and writing, and in some ways this book was like being privy to a conversation between them. In a way it invoked Prince's spirit, and is the first book I have read where I felt his presence. And at the end, I was moved to tears when Morris wrote about their last meet up. I felt Morris' pain at the loss of Prince.I also liked how he separated the two parts of himself, the ego/performer and the true him inside, and wrote his ego self also as someone who was critiquing and observing the things he was saying. He also writes as he speaks with his own terminology and it was like I could hear his voice in my head. Both things added humour - which Morris is all about - and helped the reader to understand some of the things the author had gone through.I loved this book and it will definitely be a potential re-read - and not just for the pictures.

If like me you're a Prince fan, you'll know that Morris Day was one of his oldest friends and collaborators, and if you've seen the film "Purple Rain" you'll remember the incendiary performances by The Time, fronted by Morris. This book is Morris's autobiography, focusing on his life in music, but it has an unexpected collaborator: Prince. Throughout the book, Prince pops up, adding italicised comments and asides, and Morris responds to these, as though the two men are having a conversation. It gets quite jarring, and for me it spoiled the book, especially as these asides are just Morris speculating what Prince might have said at this point if he was there during the writing of the book.If you really want to know Morris's story - and his side of the story of his friendship with Prince - it's worth a look, but I found it to be a very frustrating read.

What an excellent read. It's so enjoyable and hipnotising that I had to finish it in one sit.At first I was afraid the part with "Prince spirit" talking would make it weird but it's the opposite, It makes it quite original, never boring.I'd put it up there in my top four Prince-ish books along with Tudahl's masterpiece "The Purple Rain era sessions", Alex Hahn's "Possessed" and Mayte's "The Most Beautiful".

I've been following the Time and Prince since the early 80's and this detailed account of his life with the band and Mr purple needs to be read by all who love funk. Clever how he puts the spirit of Prince in the story to the point it seems he has actually helped to write this. Nice one Morris :-)👏🏽 👏🏽 😎