We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love.

I know he [Prince] is up there saying to me, "This is not the way I wanted it to happen, Stevie."

I will always play "Stand Back" anyway. And Prince will always he standing behind me every time I do.

There is a part of me that has to depend on fantasy, because if you can't be somewhat of a fantasy person, then you can't write

I remember Prince gave me a cassette of Purple Rain. It was like 20 minutes long and he asked me to write something on it. I tried for a month and then he came to L.A. I went to see him and said, "I can't do it. It's too perfect. It's like 'Stairway to Heaven.'" He said OK and then I go, "I can keep the cassette, right?" He said, "Of course and thank you for trying."

I'm obsessed with lighting. I'm constantly shopping for different lightbulbs. I love rainbow lightbulbs. And also, one should not live without dimmers. Life is all about lighting.

If the sun warms up the rain, and the rain puts out the sun. Why does the greatest love become the greatest pain?