Prince

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

“Just sharing music with each other - that's cool. It's the selling that becomes the problem.”

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

“Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.”

“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.”

“You don't have to watch 'Gossip Girl' to have an attitude.”

“Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you.”

“Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.”