Prince [1958-0] American    
Rank: 4
Musician
Music, Cool, Attitude, Business, Change, Computers, Freedom, God, Good, Morning, Politics, Religion, Technology, Thankful
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| Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful. | God, Morning | 101| Music is music, ultimately. If it makes you feel good, cool. | Cool, Good, Music | 102| Each audience is different. | | 103| The internet's completely over. | | 104| There are people who are unhappy with everything. | | 105| There's a dark side to everything. | | 106| What's missing from pop music is danger. | Music | 107| A strong spirit transcends rules. | | 108| If you look in the Bible there's no birthdays. | | 109| I don't vote and I got nothing to do with it. | | 110| Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.' | Politics, Religion | 111| Everyone has a rock bottom. | | 112| Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people. | | 113| At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. | | 114| Doing a residency in any particular city requires a large repertoire to ensure repeat business. | Business | 115| You can always tell when the groove is working or not. | | 116| The key to longevity is to learn every aspect of music that you can. | Music | 117| The gatekeepers must change. | Change | 118| I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just wanted to play. I lived longer than he did, and I can see how those pressures can really play with your head. | | 119| I'm not entangled in a bunch of lawsuits and a web that I can't get out of. I can hold my head up... a happily married man who has his head in order. There isn't a bunch of scandal in my life. | | 120| 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. | | 121| I really believe in finding new ways to distribute my music. | Music | 122| I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it. | Music | 123| 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. | Music | 124| Time is a mind construct. It's not real. | | 125| I ain't mad at anybody. I don't have any enemies. | | 126| When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody. | | 201| Prophecy is what we all have to go by now. | | 202| When everyone recognizes Jehovah's name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it. | | 203| There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission. | Music | 204| 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. | Computers | 205| I have friends that are gay, and we study the Bible together. | | 206| I like arguments. | | 207| Being a Jehovah's Witness, I don't celebrate birthdays or holidays. I don't vote. | | 208| You can't understand the words of Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state. | | 209| I don't talk about the past. | | 210| The Bible is a study guide for social interaction. | | 211| Well, my musicians are my friends. | | 212| 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? | | 213| I might just stop talking again and not do interviews. | | 214| I'm real easy-going. | | 215| I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I'm way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen. | | 216| Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay. | Freedom | 217| All you see on television are debased images. | | 218| I'm a Jehovah's Witness. | | 219| Tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales. Apple's doing pretty good though, right? | | 220| 'When Doves Cry' came out - it sounded like nothing that was on the radio. 'Let's Go Crazy' was number one on R&B stations, and there's nothing that's been like that on radio since. | | 221| Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don't forget the first one. If it works, it will always be there. It's like the truth: it will find you and lift you up. And if it ain't right, it will dissolve like sand on the beach. | | 222| I have a writing addiction. | | 223| Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you. | Cool, Technology | 224| Instead of hate, celebrate. | | 225| It might be a shock to see me, but that's no reason for people to act crazy, and it doesn't give them license to chase me down the street. | | 226| I don't want anyone to fail, so if you can make money off music even though you can't sing or dance, that's genius. | | 301| I don't know who was the one that came up with the notion that you have to play the same songs every concert. | | 302| Hip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on. | | 303| My father left his piano at the house when he left, and I wasn't allowed to play it when he was there because I wasn't as good as him. So when he left, I was determined to get as good as him, and I taught myself how to play music, and I just stuck with it, and I did it all the time. | | 304| To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, and I would - I don't know, I wish it upon everybody. It's heaven. | | 305| I don't live in the past. I don't play my old records for that reason. I make a statement, then move on to the next. | | 306| I don't talk to old people; they try to find ways to stay static. Young folks are the ones with the ideas and constantly moving forward. | | 307| You don't have to watch 'Gossip Girl' to have an attitude. | Attitude | 308| Contrary to what a lot of people think, I haven't been domesticated. | | 309| You ever get that feeling that you just have too many hits? | | 310| Most artists lose their voice, their hair, and their bands. That's not going to happen to me. | | 311| When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you. | | 312| No one can come and claim ownership of my work. I am the creator of it, and it lives within me. | | 313| 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. | | 314| 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? | | 315| Like books and black lives, albums still matter. | | 316| I like to open people's eyes. | | 317| Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies. | | 318| Music is real. It affects people; it's real. | | 319| I pushed the envelope as far as it needed to be pushed, and now it's on the floor, and people seem to want it to stay there. | | 320| So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. I'd rather let them stay confused. | | 321| People say I'm wearing heels because I'm short. I wear heels because the women like 'em. | | 322| There's not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what's happening. | | 323| In the tech-savvy, real-time world we all live in today, everything is faster. | | 324| 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. | | 325| I have a lot of parties. | | 326| 'Billboard' needs to tell the truth, shake things up. | | 401| I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale. | | 402| Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there. | | 403|
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