I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.

Let silence be the art you practice.

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

The earth has music for those who listen.