Prince
- Country : United States
- Profession :American Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Record Producer, And Actor.
- DOB: 1958-06-07
Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, was a musical genius and cultural icon. He skyrocketed to fame in the late 1970s, releasing iconic albums like “Purple Rain” and “Sign o’ the Times.” His music blended rock, funk, R&B, and pop, showcasing his remarkable vocal range and instrumental prowess. Prince’s flamboyant style and mesmerizing stage presence made him a global superstar. He earned seven Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for his work on “Purple Rain.” His untimely death on April 21, 2016, left an enduring musical legacy and an indelible mark on the world of music and culture.
The Internet’s completely over. 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 At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.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.
Author: PrinceA lot of people have the idea that I’m a wild sexual person… I’ve lectured quite a few people out there. I’ll say, ‘Think about what you’re saying. How would you react if you were me?’ I ask that question a lot. ‘How would you react if you were me?’ They say, ‘Okay, okay.
Author: PrinceThe candles. He asked if I’d heard of the devil’s interval, or the tritone: a combination of notes that created a brooding, menacing dissonance.
Author: PrincePeace will come when it becomes irrelevant to strike out at people. When you see that it’s striking out against your own genome.
Author: PrinceAny charitable act is love in motion, and love needs no publicity because love just is.
Author: PrinceWhat people have to realize is that if one has a firm belief in God and the spirit then one does not make statements that are negative and untrue.
Author: PrinceThere’s a lot of times that both myself and my brother wish, obviously, that we were just completely normal.
Author: PrinceOur consciousness is programmed. We see things a certain way from a young age – we’re programmed to keep doing them that way. Then you have to spend adulthood learning how to overcome it, to read out the programs. Try to create. I want to tell people to create. Just start by creating your day. Then create your life.”
Author: PrinceIf you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words they’re gone. They’ll come back.
Author: PrinceThere’s this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.
Author: PrinceHip-hop is very diverse, but if you only focus on one aspect of it, then what you get is this image of Black America that is completely contrary to what actually goes on.
Author: PrinceDon’t know what 2 say about Dunk-a-roos. They’re just good! Sometimes you want a food that is comfortable and takes you back. For me, it’s those crazy little kangaroo crackers.
Author: PrinceAll these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?
Author: PrinceI’m going down 2 Alphabet Street I’m gonna crown the first girl that I meet I’m gonna talk so sexy She’ll want me from my head 2 my feet.
Author: PrinceI don’t believe in singles. The singles market has changed. I am trying to get back to the old days of releasing albums at will, like Star Wars coming out again.
Author: PrinceI have written a song that says: If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words, “They’re gone,” and they’ll come back.
Author: PrinceWhen I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody.
Author: PrinceEverything has changed for me since I’ve changed my name. It’s one thing to be called Prince but it’s better to actually be one. I have such a reverence for life.
Author: PrinceBlack people still call me Prince. Sometimes I ask them, “Why do you call me Prince?” And people say, “Because you are a prince to us.” Usually when they say that, you know my heart goes out and I have to say, I don’t mind your calling me that.
Author: PrinceGod’s a funky little dude because everyone’s looking for Him and no one can find Him.
Author: PrinceWhen everyone recognizes Jehovah’s name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.
Author: PrinceI do enjoy running down a ditch full of mud, firing bullets. It’s the way I am. I love it.
Author: PrinceMichael Jackson’s album was only called Bad because there wasn’t enough room on the sleeve for Pathetic.
Author: PrinceI have a very thick skin. I take everything that comes and let it bounce right off me because I know the time will come when nobody will be able to speak falsely.
Author: PrinceThere is something that happens when you get emancipated. You approach life differently. You eat differently. You respect yourself more. You respect the gift you have been given.
Author: 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.
Author: PrinceIt’s 2 o’clock in the morning and I just can’t sleep Outside the rain is pourin’, I’m lonely as can be Maybe 2night’ll be different than the nights before I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can’t be alone no more.
Author: PrinceNow where I come from We don’t let society Tell us how it’s supposed to be Our clothes, our hair We don’t care It’s all about being there Everybody’s going Uptown That’s where I wanna be Uptown Set your mind free.
Author: 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!
Author: PrincePop life Everybody needs a thrill Pop life We all got a space 2 fill Pop life Everybody can’t be on top But life it ain’t real funky Unless it’s got that pop Dig it.
Author: PrinceI am a firm believer in reincarnation for people who either have more work to do or have so much debt to pay back that they have to be here.
Author: PrinceSuccess can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn’t bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would.
Author: PrinceCool 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.
Author: PrinceAs human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period.
Author: PrinceI’ve grown up, everyone’s got to grow up. But there’s something inside me, I’m always going to have that little sort of – how do you say? – child streak.
Author: PrinceIt’s a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don’t need to add to it. And we’re in a place now where we all need one another, and it’s going to get rougher.
Author: 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.
Author: PrinceReal music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.
Author: Prince