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

Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.

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.

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.

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

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

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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

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.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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

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

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

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

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

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.

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

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

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.