Prince

Like books and black lives - albums still matter. Tonight and always.

Oh, I love critics. Because they love me. It's not a joke. They care.

Young people have decided they like to listen to music in a certain way, through ear buds, and that's fine with me as long as it doesn't bother them that they're not hearing 90 percent of the music that way.

Like books and black lives, albums still matter.

I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I'm way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen.

The hardest thing with musicians is getting them not to play.

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.

I pride myself on working with great musicians.

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

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.

'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.

I always wanted to make a three-record set. 'Sign o' the Times' was originally supposed to be a triple album, but it ended up as a double.

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.

The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.

Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.

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

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.

I ain't mad at anybody. I don't have any enemies.

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.

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.