Prince used this symbol, in part, to rebel against his label.
I seem to remember reading in the music papers, that after Prince rebelled against, and left his label Prince got a deal with a national newspaper, to freely give a copy of his latest CD with each paper.
He did this as he realized that it was more lucrative to him than the normal amount from a label release with everyone else taking their cut!
He knew that casting your net wide was worth more than a single fish hook.
He definitely knew what he was doing. And one helluva artist. I'm gutted I never got to see him live. But I do watch the superbowl halftime show he performed in somewhere like... Once a week 🤣🤣 it's just such an epic show.
Thunder - Bring It On Home
Roy Orbison - I Can't Stop Loving You