Latest Prince Quotes from Interviews

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• The only thing I could think of - because I really don't like categories - but the only thing I could think of is inspirational, and I think music that is from the heart falls right into that category.

  Prince

  Fall, Heart, Thinking

  "Musician Prince Dies at Age 57". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. April 21, 2016.

• Minor keys and drugs don't make a roller skate jam.

  Prince

  Keys, Drug, Jam

  Source: www.npr.org

• Even the soldiers need a break sometimes.

  Prince

  Soldier, Needs, Sometimes

  "Song: "Musicology" ("Musicology")". April 20, 2004.

• My hat goes off to anybody who can sit down and put their heads together. I am ready for something like that because I am free and I am happy and I have time. There were a lot of things in the way before. I have nothing but time, and I love getting older.

  Prince

  Getting Older, Together, Down And

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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!

  Prince

  Our Generation, People, Generations

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Prince

  Skins, Able, Speak

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Prince

  Stars, War, Believe

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Black people still call me Prince. Sometimes I ask them, "Why do you call me Prince?" And people say, "Because you are a prince to us." Usually when they say that, you know my heart goes out and I have to say, "I don't mind your calling me that."

  Prince

  Heart, People, Black

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Ownership, that's what you give your kids. That's your legacy.

  Prince

  Kids, Giving, Legacy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Sometimes it [music in my head] is a curse, but it's also a blessing. It is a gift that I am completely grateful for. That's why I keep [making music], because I don't want to be ungrateful for the gift.

  Prince

  Grateful, Blessing, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Prince

  People, Debt, Pay

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• When I'm writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I'm not in charge and I'm almost listening outside of it. That's when I realize that we all have to start looking at life as a gift. It's like listening to a color and believing that these colors have soul mates and once you get them all together the painting is complete.

  Prince

  Song, Believe, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Prince

  Names, Reverence For Life, I've Changed

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Prince

  People, Negative, Doe

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Prince

  Song, Losing Someone, African American

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• There is something that happens when you get emancipated. You approach life differently. You eat differently. You respect yourself more. You respect the gift you have been given.

  Prince

  Respect Yourself, Given, Approach

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Prince

  People, Giving, Support

• 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.

  Prince

  America, Focus, Hip Hop

  "Tribute to Prince Part 1". The Travis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. April 22, 2016.

• I don't really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of who they are. For example, if people wish I would sound like I used to sound, then it says more about them than it does me.

  Prince

  Reflection, People, Wish

  "Tribute to Prince Part 1". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. April 22, 2016.

• When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you. I give them a lot of credit to be able to hang with me this long, because I've gone through a lot of changes, but they've allowed me to grow, and thus we can tackle some serious subjects and try to just be better human beings, all of us.

  Prince

  Long, Giving, Trying