Prince Prince Again

Apparently The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As A Symbol wants to be Known as "Prince" again.

With the expiration of his publishing agreement with Warner Bros. Records at the end of 1999, the pop star said, "I will now go back to using my name, instead of the symbol I adopted as a means to free myself from all undesirable relationships."

Hmm. Wonder how well that worked?

The symbol, which Prince said he used during his "warrior mode" when he was "really angry" as he battled with Warner Bros. over the rights to his music, has not exactly been retired. It appeared on a press kit handed out Tuesday.

No matter what you think about his music (hint: I think it's dreck), you must admire his stand against the abuses of the music "industry":

"The price of CDs has skyrocketed while the quality of music has plummeted," he said. "And as long as middlemen create the means by which consumers consume, this will never change."