For all the music he has put out since the first Prince album in 1978, he has remained private.

He was always insistent on his private life remaining private.

Glavine said his business dealings should have remained private.

Once the brain and remains were returned, further information about them has remained private.

They were both very young and their powerful mutual attraction had manifested itself in a public gooeyness that should have remained private.

What had remained so intensely private for so many years was now worldwide news.

As if strangers are invading what should have remained private.

There are things that happened there that should have remained private.

For reasons which have remained private, they divorced less than a year later.

By remaining private, the company has been able to invest for the long haul and not worry about quarterly performance.