Top 80 Prince Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.”

— Prince

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

— Prince

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3. “I’m a Jehovah’s Witness.”

— Prince

4. “Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.”

— Prince

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5. “A strong spirit transcends rules.”

— Prince

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6. “Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success.”

— Prince

7. “Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.”

— Prince

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8. “Don’t hate me because I’m fabulous.”

— Prince

9. “Time is a mind construct. It’s not real.”

— Prince

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10. “There’s a dark side to everything.”

— Prince

11. “Repetition is beautiful.”

— Prince

12. “Act your age, not your shoe size.”

— Prince

13. “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.”

— Prince

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

— Prince

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15. “Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.”

— Prince

16. “When i want to hear new music, i make it.”

— Prince

17. “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.”

— Prince

18. “But life is just a party, and parties weren’t meant to last.”

— Prince

19. “Money won’t buy you happiness, but it’ll pay for the search.”

— Prince

20. “I’ve grown up, everyone’s got to grow up. But there’s something inside me, I’m always going to have that little sort of – how do you say? – child streak.”

— Prince

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21. “The key to longevity is to learn every aspect of music that you can.”

— Prince

22. “No child is bad from the beginning, they just imitate their atmosphere.”

— Prince

23. “As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period.”

— Prince

24. “Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today. To get through this thing called life.”

— Prince

25. “I ain’t got no money – But I’m rich on personality.”

— Prince

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

— Prince

27. “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.”

— Prince

28. “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

29. “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.”

— Prince

30. “The voice that U hear is the alchemy of Ur mind.”

— Prince

31. “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.”

— Prince

32. “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.”

— Prince

33. “If you see a man opening a car door for a woman, it means one of two things: it’s either a new woman or a new car!”

— Prince

34. “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.”

— Prince

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35. “Like books and black lives – albums still matter. Tonight and always.”

— Prince

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36. “Hard to say what’s right when all I wanna do is wrong.”

— Prince

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

— Prince

38. “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

39. “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

40. “I’m still very much a kid inside myself.”

— Prince

41. “Love isn’t love until it’s past.”

— Prince

42. “As long as I do not take myself too seriously I should not be too badly off.”

— Prince

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

— Prince

44. “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.”

— Prince

45. “Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?”

— Prince

46. “Trees are worth more alive than dead.”

— Prince

47. “I do enjoy running down a ditch full of mud, firing bullets. It’s the way I am. I love it.”

— Prince

48. “Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?”

— Prince

49. “The truth is, you are either here to enlighten or to discourage.”

— Prince

50. “When everyone recognizes Jehovah’s name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.”

— Prince