"He [Prince] changed the world!!A true visionary.What a loss.I'm devastated."
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"Being blonde is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blonde has some incredible sort of sexual connotation. Men really respond to it. I love blonde hair but it really does something different to you. I feel more grounded when I have dark hair, and I feel more ethereal when I have light hair. It's unexplainable. I also feel more Italian when my hair is dark."
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"Thanks for all the birthday love! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world today!"
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"If you're going to be an artist, real life is your inspiration."
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"Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death."
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"Crucifixes are sexy because there's a naked man on them."
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"When I'm dead and no longer the threat. My comfort is that all the great artists since the beginning of time have always been completely misunderstood and never fully appreciated until they were dead."
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"Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do"
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"The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you."
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"I don't give a damn if I go to hell. I love you Satan. The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
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"There is order in the universe, even though it looks like chaos. We separate the world into categories: this is good and this is bad. But life is set up to trick us. It's a series of illusions we invest in. And ultimately those investments don't serve our understanding, because physicality is always going to let you down, because physicality doesn't last."
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"Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt you. God's going to have his revenge."
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"I have had many challenges in my life, including some very big ones when I was young and I've learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way. I have seen life from just about every angle you can see it from."
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"When I first moved to New York I wanted to be a dancer, I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence."
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"All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because now people know about Malawi [due to the child adoption]. And now people know about the orphans there. And hopefully it's gonna turn around. And a positive is gonna come out of the negative."
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"When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done."
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"I am attracted to a thug. I like that quality, but I like the other side of it, too. Because all guys who go around behaving in macho ways are really scared little girls. So you have to look beneath the surface. There's a difference between my ideal man and a man that I'm sexually attracted to, believe me. Therein lies the rub."
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"We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?"
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"The one thing I don't understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are you here? Why are you wasting your time? It's fascinating."
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"Younger people are generally more adventurous - they're more open, more fun - have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding."
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