Prince

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.

The music, for me, doesn't come on a schedule. I don't know when it's going to come, and when it does, I want it out.

I record all the time.

It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth.

Hip-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.

I don't know who was the one that came up with the notion that you have to play the same songs every concert.

I pride myself on working with great musicians.

I don't want anyone to fail, so if you can make money off music even though you can't sing or dance, that's genius.

It's work to play the same songs the same way for 70 shows.

Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys.

Any business situation is restrictive.

My bankers are very happy with me.

YouTube is the hippest network, and they abuse copyright right and left.

You ever get that feeling that you just have too many hits?

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

'When Doves Cry' came out - it sounded like nothing that was on the radio. 'Let's Go Crazy' was number one on R&B stations, and there's nothing that's been like that on radio since.

If you lend your consciousness to someone else, you're a robot.

The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.

When I started playing music, people weren't selling 5 million records. That was not the standard; that was not the focus.

We have to show support for artists who are trying to own things for themselves.