"I met Prince some years back---I believe in Prince almost as much as Prince believes in Prince, which is saying something---and he had 'slave' written on the side of his face. I asked him why he was doing that. He said, 'I don't own my master tapes. I don't own my copyrights.' Then he said, 'You do own your master tapes. You do own your copyrights. How did you do that?' I said, 'Lower royalty rate.'

-----Bono on the diminutive artist who was formerly good, and how U2 owns all their music. Rolling Stone, November 28th, 2002