Stephen Colbert, for one, worked with his team to turn theLate Showset purple for the evening.

Colbert also brought bandleader Jon Batiste to the couch to tell his story of working with Prince.

According to Batiste, Prince had a special talent for commanding a room and for spotting unwelcome cellphones.

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He had a certain kind of way of being aware of what was going on, Batiste said.

Then you turn, and there was a cat with his phone filming our conversation.

Then he said, Down.

Cat put it down.

Put it in his pocket.

Thank you very much.

Okay Jon, so how are you?'

Watch the clip below.