Prince
There's not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what's happening.
From its conception and that one and only meeting, 'HITNRUN' took about 90 days to prepare its release. If that's what freedom feels like, 'HITNRUN' is what it sounds like.
I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale.
A bootlegger is a bootlegger, a scalper is a scalper.
I'm not one to get bad reviews.
Tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales. Apple's doing pretty good though, right?
We have to show support for artists who are trying to own things for themselves.
When I started playing music, people weren't selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus.
I've never stopped writing, never stopped recording.
'When Doves Cry' came out - it sounded like nothing that was on the radio. 'Let's Go Crazy' was number one on R&B stations, and there's nothing that's been like that on radio since.
Contrary to what a lot of people think, I haven't been domesticated.
You ever get that feeling that you just have too many hits?
My bankers are very happy with me.
Any business situation is restrictive.
Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys.
Most artists lose their voice, their hair, and their bands. That's not going to happen to me.
It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth.
People don't understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great - he's the real thing - but he isn't having hits.
My father left his piano at the house when he left, and I wasn't allowed to play it when he was there because I wasn't as good as him. So when he left, I was determined to get as good as him, and I taught myself how to play music, and I just stuck with it, and I did it all the time.
I have written a song that says: If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words, "They're gone," and they'll come back.Collection: Song
Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.Collection: Sympathy
But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.Collection: Life
There's always a rainbow at the end of every rain.Collection: Rain
I don't really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of who they are. For example, if people wish I would sound like I used to sound, then it says more about them than it does me.Collection: Reflection
Cool means being able to hang with yourself. All you have to ask yourself is 'Is there anybody I`m afraid of? Is there anybody who if I walked into a room and saw, I`d get nervous?' If not, then you`re cool.Collection: Mean
Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.Collection: Real
If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it's either a new woman or a new car!Collection: Mean
It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.Collection: Hurtful
Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success.Collection: Years
There is something that happens when you get emancipated. You approach life differently. You eat differently. You respect yourself more. You respect the gift you have been given.Collection: Respect Yourself
When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you. I give them a lot of credit to be able to hang with me this long, because I've gone through a lot of changes, but they've allowed me to grow, and thus we can tackle some serious subjects and try to just be better human beings, all of us.Collection: Long
I just want your extra time and your.......... KissCollection: Kissing
There's something about having people around you giving you support that is - it's motivating, and once I got that support from people then I believed I could do anything.Collection: People
Money won't buy you happiness, but it'll pay for the searchCollection: Pay
When i want to hear new music, i make itCollection: Want
As long as I do not take myself too seriously I should not be too badly off.Collection: Long
Act your age, not your shoe size.Collection: Funny Happy Birthday
I ain't got no money - But I'm rich on personalityCollection: Personality
A real friend or mentor isn't on your payroll.Collection: Real
I'm going down 2 Alphabet Street I'm gonna crown the first girl that I meet I'm gonna talk so sexy She'll want me from my head 2 my feet.Collection: Girl
I’ve longed for kids since I was very, very young.Collection: Kids
At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.Collection: Mtv
The Internet is completely over.Collection: Internet
Everything has changed for me since I've changed my name. It's one thing to be called Prince but it's better to actually be one. I have such a reverence for life.Collection: Names
Hard to say what's right when all I wanna do is wrong.Collection: Music
I’m still very much a kid inside myself.Collection: Kids
Repetition is beautiful.Collection: Beautiful
Trees are worth more alive than deadCollection: Tree
Now where I come from We don't let society Tell us how it's supposed to be Our clothes, our hair We don't care It's all about being there Everybody's going Uptown That's where I wanna be Uptown Set your mind free.Collection: Hair