Quotes

You can always renegotiate a record contract. You just go in and say, 'You know, I think my next project will be a country-and-western album.'

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

Cool means being able to hang with yourself. All you have to ask yourself is "Is there anybody I'm afraid of? Is there anybody who if I walked into a room and saw, I'd get nervous?" If not, then you're cool.

I never really got off on awards so much. I think it's more for the people who give them and also for the fans. I get a lot of props from people in the street and a lot of love and congratulation, pats on back, so it's a good feeling you know the after-effects.

I've got more hits than Madonna's got kids.

I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They will not give me an advance for it and they get mad when they don't get it. All computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and they are not good for you

It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that.

At this point, I wouldn't want to jinx it by meeting him. His arrangements are incredible. I just send him a tape, we talk on the phone, and he sends me the finished orchestra tracks. Hear that? I'm gonna get that chord on the radio! [on his then nearly decade-and-a-half-long working relationship with arranger Clare Fischer (whom, by his own choice, Prince never had and never would meet face to face), as quoted in the January 2000 issue of Keyboard Magazine, reprinted in the 2011 compilation, 'Keyboard Presents Synth Gods']

With special thanks 2 Clare Fischer 4 Making Brighter the Colors Black and White [from the closing credits of Under the Cherry Moon (1986)]

She makes it easier to talk to God.

Freedom is a beautiful thing.

A strong spirit transcends rules.

We need to tell them that they keep trying to ram Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran down our throats and we don't like it no matter how many times they play it.

I believe in one G-d, I pray to Him every night. I don't ask for much, I just say, Thank You.

If you don't own your masters, your master owns you (Rolling Stone interview 1996 about self-determination in the music industry).

I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon.

[2010] The internet's completely over. I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it. The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.