You can always renegotiate a record contract. You just go in and say, `You know, I think my next project will be a country-and-western album.`
People say I`m wearing heels because I`m short. I wear heels because the women like `em.
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.
I never really got off on awards so much. I think it`s more for the people who give them and also for the fans. I get a lot of props from people in the street and a lot of love and congratulation, pats on back, so it`s a good feeling you know the after-effects.
I`ve got more hits than Madonna`s got kids.
They say money won`t buy you happiness...but it`ll pay for the search.
I went to see the Jackson Five when I was a kid, and they all wore flat shoes and it didn`t work.
Charlie Chaplin started having kids at 60-just decided he wanted to have kids then. I still feel the same as I`ve always felt. Better now, because I`m happier.
So many different things happen to you when you finally connect with your soulmate. You eat better. You sleep more. You wanna stay in the house lil more.
One thing I`d like to say is that I don`t live in a prison. I am not afraid of anything. I haven`t built any walls around myself, and I am just like anyone else. I need love and water.
"But again, it`s the record company. If they don`t want to promote a song, they don`t make the effort to cross it over into other markets, and the fans don`t get to know it. It`s the same with my albums."
"Charlie Chaplin started having kids at 60-just decided he wanted to have kids then. I still feel the same as I`ve always felt. Better now, because I`m happier."
"Do you know how many of my songs I own? Not a single one. Out of 16 albums, not a single one. They won`t belong to my children. I won`t be able to pass them on to my grandchildren. They belong to someone else. Why? It`s my music."
"I always used to cuss onstage... Now I`ve learned that that`s not necessary."
"I went to see the Jackson Five when I was a kid, and they all wore flat shoes and it didn`t work."
"I`m much more comfortable with doing interviews now because I`m harder to misquote. Everything I`m about is freedom of choice and knowing what the truth can do."
"In the early years when I toured, I was never a tourist. I was always so focused on the show. I just wanted to tear it up and get out of town."
"Now there`s no one to go and see. Where are the young ones coming along to whoop us up? Who is there to go and see? Fem 2 Fem?"
"We don`t celebrate birthdays like we don`t celebrate Thanksgiving. Because you`re told you`re supposed to retire at a certain age."
"What if I don`t want to sing Purple Rain every time I go on stage? The fans don`t want that, either. It`s my music, they`re my songs."
"Why does there have to be a soundcheck? I don`t have a songcheck. You don`t have a clothescheck."