According to Prince, this is the only thing he couldn't do

The one thing Prince could not do.
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Even men as multitalented as Prince have their weaknesses. According to the legendary musician, who died Thursday at 57, his was cooking. When asked in a 1984 interview with Time magazine what he couldn't do — after proving himself to be a wildly successful musician, songwriter, and actor — he was at first completely and totally stumped.

Prince had at this point already simultaneously topped the charts, sold 2.5 million copies of Purple Rain, and starred in a movie that was getting "real tub-thumper reviews," Time reported in 1984.

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