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Prince Quotes

Record contracts are just like – I’m gonna say the word – slavery. I would tell any young artist… don’t sign.

– Prince

What’s missing from pop music is danger.

– Prince

I’m not one to get bad reviews.

– Prince

If you look in the Bible there’s no birthdays.

– Prince

Contrary to what a lot of people think, I haven’t been domesticated.

– Prince

I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just wanted to play. I lived longer than he did, and I can see how those pressures can really play with your head.

– Prince

Tell me a musician who’s got rich off digital sales. Apple’s doing pretty good though, right?

– Prince

Young people have decided they like to listen to music in a certain way, through ear buds, and that’s fine with me as long as it doesn’t bother them that they’re not hearing 90 percent of the music that way.

– Prince

Each audience is different.

– Prince

I became merely a pawn used to produce more money for Warner Bros.

– Prince

I don’t talk about the past.

– Prince

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.

– Prince

Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.

– Prince

Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don’t forget the first one. If it works, it will always be there. It’s like the truth: it will find you and lift you up. And if it ain’t right, it will dissolve like sand on the beach.

– Prince

Doing a residency in any particular city requires a large repertoire to ensure repeat business.

– Prince

I don’t talk to old people; they try to find ways to stay static. Young folks are the ones with the ideas and constantly moving forward.

– Prince

Most people don’t want to talk about politics and religion. They say, ‘Let’s talk about something else.’

– Prince

I like to open people’s eyes.

– Prince

I like arguments.

– Prince

I don’t live in the past. I don’t play my old records for that reason. I make a statement, then move on to the next.

– Prince

People don’t understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great – he’s the real thing – but he isn’t having hits.

– Prince

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.

– Prince

There are people who are unhappy with everything.

– Prince

Prophecy is what we all have to go by now.

– Prince

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

– Prince

It might be a shock to see me, but that’s no reason for people to act crazy, and it doesn’t give them license to chase me down the street.

– Prince

You don’t have to watch ‘Gossip Girl’ to have an attitude.

– Prince

Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.

– Prince

My hair is capable of doing a lot of different things.

– Prince

Like books and black lives, albums still matter.

– Prince

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