Prince

“Instead of hate, celebrate.”

“Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign.”

“Music is real. It affects people; it's real.”

“In the tech-savvy, real-time world we all live in today, everything is faster.”

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

“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.”

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

“When it comes to the video channels and the programs, the radio stations, the music is geared towards kids, and it's made by kids.”

“The music, for me, doesn't come on a schedule. I don't know when it's going to come, and when it does, I want it out.”

“Being a Jehovah's Witness, I don't celebrate birthdays or holidays. I don't vote.”

“I pride myself on working with great musicians.”

“Contrary to what a lot of people think, I haven't been domesticated.”

“YouTube is the hippest network, and they abuse copyright right and left.”

“There's not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what's happening.”

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

“My bankers are very happy with me.”

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

“I don't know who was the one that came up with the notion that you have to play the same songs every concert.”

“The gatekeepers must change.”

“If you look in the Bible there's no birthdays.”