Are you kidding me? 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)#Tours

http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=All_Concerts

Touring and concerts were pretty much Prince‘s life. He loved to perform live and made most of his 300 million US$ with his tours.

Already in the 80s there were plenty of bootlegs of his shows. Here‘s a comprehensive list: http://4thefunk.com/

He was also famous for performing 2nd shows right after the main show on the same night or the next day.

Prince was an outstanding live musician and shouldn‘t be compared in that regard to dancer/performer Michael Jackson but to other outstanding live musicians of his own league, such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye or James Brown (who also - like him - wrote, produced and recorded their own songs and albums).

Here are a few examples of his live performances (I especially recommend the last video where he plays the solo on the all-star tribute performance of George Harrison‘s While My Guitar Gently Weeps): http://stylecaster.com/prince-best-live-Performances

Both were great African-American pop stars. Both had large fan bases. Michael Jackson was a great dancer and a great singer. Prince played 5 instruments and he was a great musician. Michael Jackson was a child-star turned international superstar and he was a star for 40 years. Michael Jackson was constantly in the media spotlight and the last 10 years of his life he was famous for just being famous. Prince was not constantly in the media spotlight, and he kept a lower profile compared to Michael Jackson.

My bad, he did play overseas.  But what I said about him mostly playing smaller venues is true though.

This video should fill you in. Pretty much, his name is Prince and he is funky.

https://youtu.be/w0g9Qkrc8nE

Whoa whoa WHOA...hold on for a second and just be careful with what you write. I have BOOKS on MJ and have more info on him than the average person. MJ had nothing but MUSIC in his head. In fact, he had an orchestra in his mind. He can elaborate melodies to fellow musicians even if he wasn't the greatest musician or could not play any instruments. He could create melodies through his voice.

Yeah, he needed producers in order to get his ideas translated into actual instruments. But man, he already had demos of stuff like Billie Jean, Beat It and We Are The World (yes, he freaking wrote that song himself but humble enough to give Ritchie some credit for a few lines) long before they were delivered to the studio. MJ ALWAYS recorded all his demos himself. Rough drafts. You can even hear all of them in his boxsets.

The greatest Michael Jackson song for me ever will ALWAYS be Who Is It off Dangerous. Completely written by himself. It's a highly under rated masterpiece.

Other tracks like Black or White, Billie Jean, Beat It, 95% of Bad, Heal the World, Earth Song, They Don't Care About Us...HECK, most of his HUGE hits are pretty much entirely his songs. Yeah, sure he doesn't play on them but that doesn't mean he couldn't write them.

HE directs his repertoire of musicians. If he doesn't like something, he'll let them know for sure. He is so critical of his albums and usually takes up to 5 years for an album to release. Most artists release albums every year or two on average I'd say. He didn't have many albums compared to top sellers like The Beatles, Elvis or even Garth Brooks. But every album he released was a worldwide smash hit. Anyway, he definitely had full control of his albums after BAD when Quincy left. But even with QJ, he co-produced the tracks he wrote.

Honestly, you don't have to be a musician to write a song. You just have to be creative and come up with a melody. It always starts out with a melody in your head. Just like MJ said...you gotta be able to hum it.