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Quotes by Prince

Being around great musicians always gives me this energy. I've had it my whole career. I look at some of the newer artists onstage that are performing with the tape rolling and they're good performers, but they're looking tired and sweating after a few songs. That's because what they're doing is so predictable.
– Prince
But again, it's the record company. If they don't want to promote a song, they don't make the effort to cross it over into other markets, and the fans don't get to know it. It's the same with my albums.
– Prince
Charlie Chaplin started having kids at 60-just decided he wanted to have kids then. I still feel the same as I've always felt. Better now, because I'm happier.
– Prince
Do you know how many of my songs I own? Not a single one. Out of 16 albums, not a single one. They won't belong to my children. I won't be able to pass them on to my grandchildren. They belong to someone else. Why? It's my music.
– Prince
I always used to cuss onstage... Now I've learned that that's not necessary.
– Prince
I went to see the Jackson Five when I was a kid, and they all wore flat shoes and it didn't work.
– Prince
I'm much more comfortable with doing interviews now because I'm harder to misquote. Everything I'm about is freedom of choice and knowing what the truth can do.
– Prince
In the early years when I toured, I was never a tourist. I was always so focused on the show. I just wanted to tear it up and get out of town.
– Prince
Look, you see those groups talkin' about negativity and anger, and they'd do that for two albums, and then you'd see them change up. I knew they couldn't do a Kurt Cobain on their whole career. You can't stay like that all the time. It's like when Hammer tried to go gangster. You can't be something that you're not.
– Prince
Now there's no one to go and see. Where are the young ones coming along to whoop us up? Who is there to go and see? Fem 2 Fem?
– Prince
On the next tour I'm gonna do, it's gonna be more of a revue-type thing with all good acts. The show might start at four o'clock in the afternoon. There'd be Mavis, Maceo, Lenny, Santana, and the Family Stone and us. I just want to be around people that are about positivity.
– Prince
We don't celebrate birthdays like we don't celebrate Thanksgiving. Because you're told you're supposed to retire at a certain age.
– Prince
What if I don't want to sing Purple Rain every time I go on stage? The fans don't want that, either. It's my music, they're my songs.
– Prince
Why does there have to be a soundcheck? I don't have a songcheck. You don't have a clothescheck.
– Prince
What's missing from pop music is danger.
– Prince
Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.
– Prince
Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool.
– Prince
Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'
– 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
Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.
– Prince
Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.
– Prince