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

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

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

Music can change the world because it can change people.

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

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

Let silence be the art you practice.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

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

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.

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 is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.