Prince

Hard to say what's right when all I wanna do is wrong.

The voice that U hear is the alchemy of Ur mind.

But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.

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

I always knew I had a relationship with God. But I wasn't sure God had a relationship with me.

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.

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

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.

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.

Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'

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

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?

No one can come and claim ownership of my work. I am the creator of it, and it lives within me.

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.

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

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

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

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