Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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.

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

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

Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.

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

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

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

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.

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.

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

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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.

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

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

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

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.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.