American - Musician | June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016
What's missing from pop music is danger.
Prince
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Well, my musicians are my friends.
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You can always tell when the groove is working or not.
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When I first started out in this music industry, I was most concerned with freedom. Freedom to produce, freedom to play all the instruments on my records, freedom to say anything I wanted to.
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I like Hollywood. I just like Minneapolis a little bit better.
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Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.
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I have a writing addiction.
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Prophecy is what we all have to go by now.
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When you sit down to write something, there should be no guidelines. The main idea is not supposed to be, 'How many different ways can we sell it?' That's so far away from the true spirit of what music is.
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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?
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I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive.
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Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign.
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