[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.

The music speaks for itself!

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that's even - I can write something.

I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it - like, they say "rock". Because the white singers can't sound like James Brown, they call him "soul". They've been doing that for years. That's the prejudice crap.

Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then.