80′s pop icon, Prince, has banned his music from iTunes and YouTube and even closing his official website.
In a new interview with London’s The Mirror, the 52-year-old pop legend behind hits like “When Doves Cry,” Purple Rain and “1999″ compares the internet with music channel MTV, previously hip but now outdated.
“The internet’s completely over. 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,” Prince said. “The internet’s like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can’t be good for you.”
Prince — who has released over 30 albums during his career — said he is always eager to find new ways to distribute his music, he has stopped iTunes from selling his tracks.
The ‘”Purple Rain” singer – who releases his new album 20TEN for free in the UK this Saturday, July 10 –through a promotion with the Daily Mirror newspaper – remarked: “Music is my life. It’s my trade. If I can’t get it out of my head I can’t function. Someone told me recently they saw me at my peak, but how do they know when my peak is? I think I’m improving all the time. When I listen to my old records I’m ashamed of how I played them.”
5 Comments
He’s getting old. Only old people fear and compain about the new and unusual. It’s the same as 40′s parents complaining about Rock n Roll.Where is he gonna sell his music? Out of his car’s trunk?
Comment by Monkey Fist — July 6, 2010 @ 10:54 am
Prince has always been a stubborn jack ass. Isn’t he the only artist in the 80′s that wouldn’t take part in the “We Are The World” effort to help Africa? And look how that turned out for him.
Comment by Stephen — July 6, 2010 @ 2:11 pm
The artist formerly known as Who Gives A Fuck?
Comment by DocBoy — July 6, 2010 @ 2:12 pm
It’s easy to pull your music off of iTunes and the web when your net worth is over a $100 million dollars.
Comment by Greg — July 30, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
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