Quotes from Prince

Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys.

When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you.

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

You can't understand the words of Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state.

No one can come and claim ownership of my work. I am the creator of it, and it lives within me.

You don't need a record company to turn you into anything.

I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale.

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.

You can always tell when the groove is working or not.

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.

Love isn't love until it's past.

I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I'm way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen.

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.

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.

You ever get that feeling that you just have too many hits?

Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.

People speculate on your personal life all the time anyway. So I just think it's important to keep my private life private and my public persona more into music, you know?

All you see on television are debased images.

Trees are worth more alive than dead

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

There's a dark side to everything.

Instead of hate, celebrate.

A strong spirit transcends rules.