Speaking to the Guardian, Piepenbring said the sheer amount of material he had to work with was "surprising".
"There was no real method to the madness. In one room you'd find something from 1979, and within arm's reach, there'd be something from 2002.
"There'd be these moments of intense intentionality — he'd gathered up all his handwritten lyrics from across his career, clipped them together and kept them in one place. Or he'd gathered artefacts pertaining to his father's jazz band. It seemed very ad hoc and very personal."
The book is named after a song on Prince's Purple Rain album and as well as the late star's takes on music and fame, it also includes details on Prince's personal life, including light stories about his first kiss and his cartoon - which the star referred to as his "Funnies" - to harder topics like his mother "borrowing" money without permission.