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When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody.
Michael Jackson's album was only called Bad because there wasn't enough room on the sleeve for Pathetic.
Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.'
You can't understand the words of Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state.
Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.
I don't know who was the one that came up with the notion that you have to play the same songs every concert.
Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign.
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!
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.
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.
There's not a lot of pop music in the mainstream that makes you feel scared, that makes you wonder what's happening.
The music, for me, doesn't come on a schedule. I don't know when it's going to come, and when it does, I want it out.
People don't understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great - he's the real thing - but he isn't having hits.
When I started playing music, people weren't selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus.
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.
When everyone recognizes Jehovah's name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.
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.
Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.
I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale.
I used to be more involved with every aspect of everything onstage. I'm way more relaxed now. It feels like anything can happen.
I have written a song that says: If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words, "They're gone," and they'll come back.
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.
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.
I try not to repeat myself. It's the hardest thing in the world to do -- there are only so many notes one human being can master. .
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.
It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth.
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?
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.
I'm going down 2 Alphabet Street I'm gonna crown the first girl that I meet I'm gonna talk so sexy She'll want me from my head 2 my feet.
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.
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.
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.
What people have to realize is that if one has a firm belief in God and the spirit then one does not make statements that are negative and untrue.
I've grown up, everyone's got to grow up. But there's something inside me, I'm always going to have that little sort of, how do you say, child streak.
There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Everything has changed for me since I've changed my name. It's one thing to be called Prince but it's better to actually be one. I have such a reverence for life.
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.
It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.
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.
Our [generation] people have the worst diet of anybody. I'm ready to put a farmer on my payroll. We've got to get back to growing our own food. You are what you eat!
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.
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.
There's something about having people around you giving you support that is - it's motivating, and once I got that support from people then I believed I could do anything.
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?
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.