Top 188 Quotes & Sayings by Prince - Page 3

Love isn't love until it's past.

What 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.

When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you. I give them a lot of credit to be able to hang with me this long, because I've gone through a lot of changes, but they've allowed me to grow, and thus we can tackle some serious subjects and try to just be better human beings, all of us.

I ain't got no money - But I'm rich on personality

Michael Jackson's album was only called Bad because there wasn't enough room on the sleeve for Pathetic.

But life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last.

How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold) Maybe I'm just too demanding, Maybe I'm just like my father too bold.Maybe you're just like my mother She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied) Why do we scream at each other? This is what it sounds like when doves cry.

There 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.

Like books and black lives - albums still matter. Tonight and always.

Everything 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.

The voice that U hear is the alchemy of Ur mind.

Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success.

Don'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.

I try not to repeat myself. It's the hardest thing in the world to do -- there are only so many notes one human being can master. .

Ownership, that's what you give your kids. That's your legacy.

Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?

I'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.

Hard to say what's right when all I wanna do is wrong.

C'mon everybody, yeah, this is your life I'm talking about a revolution we gotta organize We don't need no segregation, we don't need no race New age revelation, I think we got a case. I'm OK as long as u are here with me Sexuality is all we ever need.

There'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.

All realities, all dimensions are open to me!

Minor keys and drugs don't make a roller skate jam.

It'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.

I 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.

If 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!

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.

God's a funky little dude because everyone's looking for Him and no one can find Him.

When i want to hear new music, i make it

As long as I do not take myself too seriously I should not be too badly off.

I knew a girl named Nikki I guess u could say she was a sex fiend I met her in a hotel lobby Masturbating with a magazine She said "how'd u like 2 waste some time?" And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind.

Don't hate me because I'm fabulous

A real friend or mentor isn't on your payroll.

I’m still very much a kid inside myself.

Success 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.

Act your age, not your shoe size.

Oh yeah In France a skinny man Died of a big disease with a little name By chance his girlfriend came across a needle And soon she did the same At home there are seventeen-year-old boys And their idea of fun Is being in a gang called The Disciples High on crack, totin' a machine gun.

Sometimes it [music in my head] is a curse, but it's also a blessing. It is a gift that I am completely grateful for. That's why I keep [making music], because I don't want to be ungrateful for the gift.

I 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.

Now 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.

No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, no member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing to me. Its why I don't eat red meat or white fish, don't give me no blue cheese. Were all members of the animal kingdom, leave your brothers and sisters in the sea.

You can judge the success of a man by his bodyguards!

Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word, slavery.

It'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

There's always a rainbow at the end of every rain.

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.

Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.

Pop 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.

Our [generation] people have the worst diet of anybody. I'm ready to put a farmer on my payroll. We've got to get back to growing our own food. You are what you eat!

Trees are worth more alive than dead

Money won't buy you happiness, but it'll pay for the search

The 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.

No child is bad from the beginning, they only imitate their atmosphere.

I 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.

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.

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.

I 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.

I just want your extra time and your.......... Kiss

There is a park that is known 4 the face it attracts colorful people whose hair On 1 side is swept back The smile on their faces It speaks of profound inner peace Ask where they're going They'll tell U nowhere They've taken a lifetime lease On Paisley Park.

When 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.

Repetition is beautiful.