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

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

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?

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

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

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

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I`m on stage they`re not privileged to see me. It`s a privilege for me to see them.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.