Prince

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

“When everyone recognizes Jehovah's name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.”

“When I first started out in this music industry, I was most concerned with freedom. Freedom to produce, freedom to play all the instruments on my records, freedom to say anything I wanted to.”

“People don't understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great - he's the real thing - but he isn't having hits.”

“I'm thankful enough or blessed enough to be able to say that Miles Davis was a friend when he was alive, and he was a wonderful mentor and really, really funny, you know.”

“I like constructive criticism from smart people.”

“But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.”

“It's work to play the same songs the same way for 70 shows.”

“I have a writing addiction.”

“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?”

“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.”

“Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'”

“The key to longevity is to learn every aspect of music that you can.”

“When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody.”

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

“A strong spirit transcends rules.”

“It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that.”

“A bootlegger is a bootlegger, a scalper is a scalper.”

“Time is a mind construct. It's not real.”

“Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool.”