Blake Shelton reacted to Prince's death just hours after the news broke, and he was clearly in shock and disbelief.

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The Voice coach talked to reporters at the show's Karaoke for Charity event in West Hollywood, CA, on Thursday, about his admiration and respect for Prince, whose cause of death has yet to be revealed although he reportedly suffered flu-like symptoms days before he was found unresponsive in his Minnesota recording studio's elevator.

"Even though I'm a country artist, he had an impact on me as far as personality and trying to be as cool as him and failing miserably. But, you know, it's just a blow to earth losing that guy. That's the only way I know to put it," Shelton said, according to Us Weekly.

"It feels like there's been some sort of horrible terrorist attack, or something like that. That's how it feels losing that guy. It just doesn't seem right, especially being so young."

Fellow The Voice coaches Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Pharrell Williams also shared how they felt about losing such a musical legend and icon.

"I was lucky to call him a friend," expressed Levine, who had once hosted Prince at his house for a late-night jam session. "Didn't get to see him enough, especially towards the end... I'm still really shocked, so I'm kind of processing everything, but I'm going to miss the guy so much."

Levine added how impressed he always was with Prince's outlook on life and ability to stay true to himself.

"[I was] inspired by how he did things his way, never let anybody deter him from what he wanted to accomplish creatively and musically. As a musician, I can't tell you how much that's rubbed off on me," the Maroon 5 frontman explained.

Aguilera similarly called Prince "the soundtrack to our lives," according to Us.

"Even though the sun is shining there is a little heaviness in the air. It's sad that we lost somebody so epic and, you know, his talent was so genuine and authentic, everything he stood for as an artist -- you know, there was no plastic or manufacturing there -- and I think that's a lesson and a great inspiration for every future artist of any generation," she elaborated.

And then per usual, Williams got pretty deep when discussing what the loss means to him.

"It's just really hard to imagine that someone only on this planet 57 years could just have that kind of emotional intelligence and depth in his music... It's so much music and so layered and so many styles and so much intention that it's hard to believe that his spirit has only been in existence 57 years," Williams told reporters.

Prince was pronounced dead at 10:07AM on Thursday, and the seven-time Grammy Award winner's autopsy began on Friday.


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