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

To keep creating you have to be about change.

My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.

There are no wrong notes.

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.

Always look ahead, but never look back.

You can't eat a winner's plaque.