“I've been to the mountaintop. There's nothing there.”

— Prince

To Jim Walsh, in context of writing new material.
Source: Walsh: I said to him, "Come on, man—don't you want to make another Sign o' the Times, another Purple Rain?" I don't know if I framed it exactly like that, but he said, "No, no—Jim, I've been to the mountaintop. There's nothing there." https://www.gq.com/story/prince-stories

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American pop, songwriter, musician and actor 1958–2016

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