Prince is adding another feather to his purple cap.

You all still read books, right?

the singer, clad in gold sequined pinstripe pajamas, quipped at the show.

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This is my first one.

We just started working on it.

My brother Dan is helping me with it.

Hes, um, a good critic.

Hes not a yes man at all.

(Dan, refers tothe Paris Reviews Dan Piepenbring.)

Most recently, he dropped the excellent, two-partHITnRUNcollection.

But I keep waiting for the initial rush ofHITnRUNto wear off, and it just wont happen.

Prince debuted in 1978 at age 19.

Seven Grammys line his shelves, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.

He wasinductedinto the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, his first year of eligibility.