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Prince, born Prince Rogers Nelson, was an American singer, songwriter, and music producer. Known for his unique musical style and versatile performance, he was a prominent figure in the music industry. His music spanned across various genres including pop, rock, R&B, soul, funk, electronic, and jazz. His hit songs include 'Purple Rain,' 'When Doves Cry,' and '1999.' Prince's influence on the music world was profound, and he was famously known as 'The Artist Formerly Known as Prince'.

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“Who ever said that elephants were stronger than mules?”

Inspirational Strength Deep Prince Paisley Park

Author:Prince

“Baby, baby, baby Can't you stay with me tonight Oh baby, baby, baby Don't my kisses please you right You were so hard to find The beautiful ones, they hurt you everytime Paint a perfect picture Bring to life a vision in one's mind The beautiful ones Always smash the picture Always, every time If I told you baby That I was in love with you Oh baby, baby, baby If we got married Would that be cool? You make me so confused The beautiful ones You always seem to lose”

Love Broken Sad Heartbreak Disappointment Broken Heart

Book:The Beautiful Ones Sheet Music

Source: The Beautiful Ones Sheet Music

“Still, my soul is cast iron and not to be dented.”

Inspirational Soul Prince Resolute

Book:The Beautiful Ones

Source: The Beautiful Ones

“Any charitable act is love in motion, and love needs no publicity because love just is.”

Life Philosophy

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“A 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.”

Truth Judgment Sexuality Critical Thinking

Book:The Beautiful Ones

Source: The Beautiful Ones

“It’s been so lonely without you here. Like a bird, without a song. Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling. So tell me baby, where did I go wrong?”

Love Tears Regret Lonely Lost Love

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“If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words they're gone. They'll come back.”

Death Spirituality Music Mourning Death Of A Loved One Lyrics

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“Doubts of our conviction Follow where we go And when the world's compassion Ceases, still I know For your every touch, I Thank you so much For your every kiss, I I wish you love I wish you heaven I wish you heaven”

Love Heaven Goodbye

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“Love isn't love until it's past.”

Love Past Love Is

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“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.”

Giving Past White Animal Sea Brother Members Red Give Me Blue Fishes Kingdoms Maturity Meat Nurse Cheese Brothers And Sisters Vegetarianism Your Brother Animal Kingdom Red Meat Blue Cheese

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“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.”

World Needs Add Hurtful

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“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.”

Mind Care Hair Clothes Don't Care Supposed To Be Being There Mind Free Uptown

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“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.”

Thinking Needs Long Age Race Talking Cases Revolution Yeah Sexuality Revelations Organize New Age Segregation

Author:Prince

“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.”

Littles Said Girl Sex Saws Mets Waste Magazines Hotel Grind Hotel Lobby

Author:Prince

“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.”

People Faces Asks Speak Sides Known Taken Hair Lifetime Profound Inner Peace Parks Colorful Lease Paisley

Author:Prince

“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.”

Needs Real Space Pops Thrill Funky

Author:Prince

“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.”

Men Years Littles Ideas Home Bigs Names Fun Chance Boys Disease Gun Machines Died Yeah France Girlfriend Cracks Disciple Gang Skinny Needles Seventeen Machine Guns Seventeen Years Old

Author:Prince

“I'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.”

Want Firsts Girl Feet Streets Sexy Want Me Crowns Alphabet

Author:Prince

“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”

Needs Feels I Can Different Night Sleep Morning Rain Lonely Clock Can't Sleep I'm Lonely

Author:Prince

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

Rich Personality No Money

Author:Prince

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

Men Judging Bodyguard

Author:Prince

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

Enough Rooms Albums Pathetic Sleeves

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“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.”

Knows Want Littles Sometimes Crazy Comfortable Crackers Kangaroos

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“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.”

Giving Trying Humans Long Able Grows Human Beings Audience Gone Subjects Serious Credit Serious Subjects

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“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.”

Ifs America Black Focus Goes On Aspect Hip Hop Contrary Hips Hops Diverse Black America

Author:Prince

“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.”

People Ifs Doe Care Used Wish Sound Example Reflection

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“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.”

People Giving Support

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“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.”

World Mother Father Sound Cry Cold Standing Satisfied Scream Leaving Me Dove Standing Alone

Author:Prince

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

Littles God Religious Funky

Author:Prince

“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.”

Ifs Song Loses Gone Written Losing Dear African American Singer Songwriters Losing Someone

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“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.”

Has Beens Happens Given Approach Respect Yourself

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“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.”

Names One Thing Changed Reverence Things Have Changed Reverence For Life I've Changed

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“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.”

People Ifs Doe Spirit Belief Realizing Negative Statements Firm Untrue Belief In God Firm Beliefs

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“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.”

People Pay Debt Believer Firm Reincarnation

Author:Prince

“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.”

Writing Believe Soul Together Song Realizing Color Painting Listening Pens Mates Writing Songs Soul Mate

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“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.”

Want Sometimes Blessing Music Is Grateful Curse Ungrateful

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“Black 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."”

People Knows Mind Heart Stills Sometimes Asks Black My Heart Calling Call Me Black People

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

Giving Kids Legacy Ownership

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“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.”

Knows Able Speak Skins Thick Bounce Thick Skin

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“I 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.”

Trying Believe War Stars Changed Don't Believe Albums Get Back Coming Out Old Days Singles

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“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!”

People Growing Generations Worst Ready Diets Get Back Farmers Our Generation Payroll

Author:Prince

“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.”

Way Together Ready Down And Hats Getting Old Getting Older

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“Repetition is beautiful.”

Beautiful Repetition

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

Real Mentor Real Friends Payroll

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

Records Slavery Contracts

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

Ends Rain Rainbow

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“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. .”

World Trying Humans Human Beings Masters Notes Hardest Repeats Hardest Thing Musicianship

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“Even the soldiers need a break sometimes.”

Needs Sometimes Break Soldier

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

Keys Drug Minors Jam Skates

Author:Prince

“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.”

Thinking Heart Fall Categories

Author:Prince

About the Author

Born: June 7, 1958
Died: April 21, 2016
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 90

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