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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.

  Prince

  Names, Reverence For Life, I've Changed

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

  Prince

  Music, Temptation, Morality

  Song: Gett Off

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• I’m still very much a kid inside myself.

  Prince

  Kids, Stills

  "Prince Harry on emotional coming-of-age tour". Interview with Seth Doane, www.cbsnews.com. March 14, 2012.

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

  Prince

  Kids, Giving, Legacy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You can always tell when the groove is working or not.

  Prince

  Groove

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• Trees are worth more alive than dead

  Prince

  Tree, Alive, Rainforest

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• Repetition is beautiful.

  Prince

  Beautiful, Repetition

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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.

  Prince

  Hair, Clothes, Mind

  Song: Uptown

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• 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.

  Prince

  Fall, Heart, Thinking

  "Musician Prince Dies at Age 57". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. April 21, 2016.

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• 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 At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.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.

  Prince

  Mtv, Numbers, Gadgets

  "Inside Prince's bizarre life at Paisley Park: This is what happened when we visited the music icon" by Peter Willis, www.mirror.co.uk. April 21, 2016.

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• 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.

  Prince

  Taken, Hair, People

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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. .

  Prince

  Trying, World, Notes

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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.

  Prince

  America, Focus, Hip Hop

  "Tribute to Prince Part 1". The Travis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. April 22, 2016.

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

  Prince

  Men, Judging, Bodyguard

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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.

  Prince

  Thinking, Race, Talking

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• 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

  Prince

  Lonely, Morning, Rain

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• 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.

  Prince

  Girlfriend, Fun, Home

  Song: Sign O' the Times

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

  Prince

  Records, Slavery, Contracts

  "Prince: ‘Record Contracts Are Just Like — I’m Gonna Say the Word – Slavery’" by Rachel Brodsky, www.spin.com. August 9, 2015.

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• 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.

  Prince

  Girl, Sex, Hotel Lobby

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

  Prince

  Keys, Drug, Jam

  Source: www.npr.org

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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."

  Prince

  Heart, People, Black

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There's a dark side to everything.

  Prince

  Dark, Sides, Dark Side

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• Look, you see those groups talkin' about negativity and anger, and they'd do that for two albums, and then you'd see them change up. I knew they couldn't do a Kurt Cobain on their whole career. You can't stay like that all the time. It's like when Hammer tried to go gangster. You can't be something that you're not.

  Prince

  Change, Careers, Two

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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.

  Prince

  Stars, War, Believe

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

  Prince

  Artist, Law, Records

  "Prince Wants Cover Songs Outlawed: What's the Best Cover Song of All Time?". www.foxnews.com. April 26, 2011.

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