Some Type of Noodles and an Italian Sauce

From my R&B blog on urge.com, which is wholly unknowable to you unless you are pushing a PC (I see you, dad): A conversation I had with Brandon T. Jackson, star of Roll Bounce and host of the N's Brandon T. Jackson show. We discussed Prince, exclusively.

JSHEP: What were your impressions of Prince?
Brandon T. Jackson: What's funny about Prince, when Dave Chapelle did that sketch, that was so real! He plays basketball. In the middle of the night, he locks himself into a room and just makes music for like 10 hours a day. And when he stops, he plays basketball and he cooks. It's crazy. And when Dave Chapelle is like, "You want some pancakes?" that was me and the Revolution. [laughs] I love that. But he was really cool. After everything I said, he said, "So how would Jesus feel about that?" because he's Jehovah's Witness. He'd be like, "So Brandon, do you believe in Jesus?" I was like, "Uh, yeah," and it was just funny. He was like, "So what do you think Jesus knows about your career?" He was very eccentric.

SHEP: Under what circumstances did you meet him?
BTJ: Well, I met him because I was hanging out with Sinbad, doing a show in Minneapolis, Minnesota. And he just called and [suddenly] I'm in this big house-like-studio thing, and I forget what it's called, it's like this plaza-type-studio thing -- there's a name for it. People know what I'm talking about it starts with a 'P'.

SHEP: Paisley Park. Did he cook for you?
BTJ: He did, he and his chef.

SHEP: What did he make?
BTJ: It was some type of noodles and an Italian sauce.