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When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody.
Prince
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Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success.
Prince
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If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it's either a new woman or a new car!
Prince
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Minor keys and drugs don't make a roller skate jam.
Prince
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Time is a mind construct. It's not real.
Prince
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God's a funky little dude because everyone's looking for Him and no one can find Him.
Prince
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At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.
Prince
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The Internet's completely over... The Internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. 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
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Look, you see those groups talking 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
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Act your age, not your shoe size.
Prince
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I am a firm believer in reincarnation for people who either have more work to do or have so much debt to pay back that they have to be here.
Prince
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I don't really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of who they are. For example, if people wish I would sound like I used to sound, then it says more about them than it does me.
Prince
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Pop life Everybody needs a thrill Pop life We all got a space 2 fill Pop life Everybody can't be on top But life it ain't real funky Unless it's got that pop Dig it.
Prince
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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
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No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, no member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing to me. Its why I don't eat red meat or white fish, don't give me no blue cheese. Were all members of the animal kingdom, leave your brothers and sisters in the sea.
Prince
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All realities, all dimensions are open to me!
Prince
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Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?
Prince
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I don't believe in singles. The singles market has changed. I am trying to get back to the old days of releasing albums at will, like Star Wars coming out again.
Prince
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You can judge the success of a man by his bodyguards!
Prince
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No child is bad from the beginning, they only imitate their atmosphere.
Prince
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Once I was a prisoner lost inside myself with the world surrounding me, wandering through the misery, but now I am free. Free to love, free to laugh, free to soar, free to shine, free to give.
Prince
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I have a very thick skin. I take everything that comes and let it bounce right off me because I know the time will come when nobody will be able to speak falsely.
Prince
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Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would.
Prince
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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
