There’s not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what’s happening. – Prince
There’s this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission. – Prince
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. – Prince
My mother told me one day I walked in to her and said, ‘Mom, I’m not going to be sick anymore,’ and she said ‘Why?’ and I said ‘Because an angel told me so.’ Now, I don’t remember saying it; that’s just what she told me. – Prince
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. – Prince
I don’t know who was the one that came up with the notion that you have to play the same songs every concert. – Prince
All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them? – Prince
I’ve always understood the two to be intertwined: sexuality and spirituality. That never changed. – Prince
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? – Prince
Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what’s already there. – Prince
When everyone recognizes Jehovah’s name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it. – Prince
Most artists lose their voice, their hair, and their bands. That’s not going to happen to me. – Prince
I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I’m way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen. – Prince
I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn’t know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had. – Prince