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.

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.

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...

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

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

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

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

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.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

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

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

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

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.