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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. "

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" 'Billboard' needs to tell the truth, shake things up. "

" People speculate on your personal life all the time anyway. So I just think it's important to keep my private life private and my public persona more into music, you know? "

" You don't need a record company to turn you into anything. "

" I don't talk about the past. "

" I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just wanted to play. I lived longer than he did, and I can see how those pressures can really play with your head. "

" I pride myself on working with great musicians. "

" 'When Doves Cry' came out - it sounded like nothing that was on the radio. 'Let's Go Crazy' was number one on R&B stations, and there's nothing that's been like that on radio since. "

" You can't understand the words of Cocteau Twins songs, but their harmonies put you in a dreamlike state. "

" It's work to play the same songs the same way for 70 shows. "

" At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.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

" When you sit down to write something, there should be no guidelines. The main idea is not supposed to be, 'How many different ways can we sell it?' That's so far away from the true spirit of what music is. "

" My bankers are very happy with me. "

" Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign. "

" It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth. "

" Each audience is different. "

" When it comes to the video channels and the programs, the radio stations, the music is geared towards kids, and it's made by kids. "

" Tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales. Apple's doing pretty good though, right? "

" I'm a fighter. I'm very competitive. "

" All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them? "

" The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right. "

" It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happy with that. "

" I'm real easy-going. "

" I might just stop talking again and not do interviews. "

" I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive. "

" Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys. "

" I used to have seizures when I was young. My mother and father didn't know what to do or how to handle it but they did the best they could with what little they had. "

" YouTube is the hippest network, and they abuse copyright right and left. "

" So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. I'd rather let them stay confused. "

" There's a dark side to everything. "

" Most people don't want to talk about politics and religion. They say, 'Let's talk about something else.' "