On an ordinary day, you could see him, a young boy named Prince Rogers Nelson. He had parents who argued, no home to call his own, and a collection of memories turned to sound: the purr of hungry pigeons, the roar of fast cars down a Minneapolis street, the whisper of cold on budding lilac branches.

The organic sounds of childhood amplified as Prince learned to play guitar, piano, drums, and more, leading to the day when this ordinary boy began to make extraordinary music for the world to hear.