American - Musician | June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016
Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys.
Prince
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It's work to play the same songs the same way for 70 shows.
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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.
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I pride myself on working with great musicians.
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When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you.
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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.
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There are no great jazz-fusion bands.
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I record all the time.
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You can't understand the words of Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state.
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People don't understand real musicians anymore. Jack White is great - he's the real thing - but he isn't having hits.
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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.
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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.
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