The Beautiful Ones Quotes

“Still, my soul is cast iron and not to be dented.”
― Prince, The Beautiful Ones

“A lot of people have the idea that I'm a wild sexual person...I've lectured quite a few people out there. I'll say, 'Think about what you're saying. How would you react if you were me?' I ask that question a lot. 'How would you react if you were me?' They say, 'Okay, okay.”
― Prince, The Beautiful Ones

“The candles.” He asked if I’d heard of the devil’s interval, or the tritone: a combination of notes that created a brooding, menacing dissonance.”
― Prince, The Beautiful Ones

“It was incumbent on us to help people, especially young black artists, realize the power and agency they had.”
― Prince, The Beautiful Ones

“There’s this idea that nonfiction destroys the mystery of the author—but when it’s done well, it only deepens that mystery.”
― Prince, The Beautiful Ones