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

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

— Prince

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

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

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.

— Prince

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

— Prince

The voice that U hear is the alchemy of You’re mind.

— Prince

Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.

— Prince

What if half the things ever said / Turned out to be a lie / How will you know the truth / If you were given all the answers / And you stopped to wonder why...

— Prince

You don't have to watch 'Gossip Girl' to have an attitude.

— Prince