64 Prince Quotes for You to Enjoy

Prince

American Musician

Born: Jun 7, 1958

Died: Apr 21, 2016

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A strong spirit transcends rules. Prince

Strong Rules Spirit Transcends

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people. Prince

You People Other Despite Everything No-One Dictate Who

Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there. Prince

Art Building Top About Something Laying New Just Foundation

Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you. Prince

You Technology Got Opposed Use Cool Letting

Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don't forget the first one. If it works, it will always be there. It's like the truth: it will find you and lift you up. And if it ain't right, it will dissolve like sand on the beach. Prince

Truth You Song Sometimes Will First Dissolve Find Beach Lift Like Ideas First One Another Always Coming Doing Up Forget Get Stop Sand Works Fast Right

Instead of hate, celebrate. Prince

Celebrate Hate Instead

People speculate on your personal life all the time anyway. So I just think it's important to keep my private life private and my public persona more into music, you know? Prince

Prophecy is what we all have to go by now. Prince

Prophecy Go Now

People say I'm wearing heels because I'm short. I wear heels because the women like 'em. Prince

Women People Say Wear Wearing People Say Like Because Short Heels

No one can come and claim ownership of my work. I am the creator of it, and it lives within me. Prince

Work Me Ownership Claim No-One Come Within Am Creator Lives

I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just wanted to play. I lived longer than he did, and I can see how those pressures can really play with your head. Prince

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. Prince

Music Freedom First Music Industry Say Out Records Most Concerned Instruments Industry Wanted Anything Produce Play Started

Being a Jehovah's Witness, I don't celebrate birthdays or holidays. I don't vote. Prince

Vote Celebrate Witness Birthdays Being Holidays Jehovah

At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Prince

Time One Time Outdated Became Hip Suddenly

When everyone recognizes Jehovah's name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it. Prince

Be Happy Happy Will Everyone Name Know Because How Then Jehovah

I like Hollywood. I just like Minneapolis a little bit better. Prince

Better Bit Minneapolis Like Just Little Little Bit Hollywood

My mother told me one day I walked in to her and said, 'Mom, I'm not going to be sick anymore,' and she said 'Why?' and I said 'Because an angel told me so.' Now, I don't remember saying it; that's just what she told me. Prince

Saying Day Mom Me Remember Mother Angel Sick One Day She Because Said Walked Going Just Anymore Now Why Her

I'm thankful enough or blessed enough to be able to say that Miles Davis was a friend when he was alive, and he was a wonderful mentor and really, really funny, you know. Prince

Funny Thankful You Wonderful Blessed Enough Say Alive Able Mentor Davis He Know Friend Really Miles Miles Davis

'Billboard' needs to tell the truth, shake things up. Prince

Truth Needs Tell Shake Up Billboard Things

Contrary to what a lot of people think, I haven't been domesticated. Prince

People Think Been Lot Domesticated Contrary

You can't understand the words of Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state. Prince

You Words Harmonies State Songs Put Understand Twins

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