Prince Quotes

I was worried Microsoft would take my music. But ultimately I talked to the lawyers and I still own it.

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

With Ghost Tunes, you just try to do what's right. And what's right is whatever the copyright owner wants to do with their music, they do it.

Sometimes you are at the mercy of record companies or publishing companies.

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

Well I know I was contracted to Polydor so they couldn't use my name.

The Industry's at war. I think it's about control. You can make all of the financial arguments that the industry has been shooting itself in the foot, but it is an industry built on a foundation of ownership and exploitation of intellectual property rights.

I'm happy if my music is being downloaded, whether it's legally or illegally.

I think music sharing of any kind is great.

People think that it's their sovereign right to download music and not have to pay for it.

I'm singing the music publisher's theme song - it ain't a commercial.

But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.

Record companies, I found out, can put out compilations without your permission.

The music business has changed incredibly. There used to be 50 record companies. Now there's only three, and it's just getting smaller and smaller. But then again, you have the Internet, so anybody who has music can get it out there.

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, these are just some of the people who threatened to sue if we used their songs.

I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.

I've copyrighted 3,000 songs.

The purpose of VEVO is to continue the tradition of corporations preventing artists from making money on their art.

If somebody makes a record, no matter how many years later it's released, they or their families should be entitled to the proceeds.

Because I don't believe music can be free unless it has something to be free from.

When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.