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.
PrinceThere'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.
PrinceIf you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it's either a new woman or a new car!
PrinceMichael Jackson's album was only called Bad because there wasn't enough room on the sleeve for Pathetic.
PrinceEvery day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.
PrinceI 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.
PrinceWhen 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.
PrinceThe 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.
PrinceLook, you see those groups talkin' about negativity and anger, and they'd do that for two albums, and then you'd see them change up. I knew they couldn't do a Kurt Cobain on their whole career. You can't stay like that all the time. It's like when Hammer tried to go gangster. You can't be something that you're not.
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