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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

Play it fuckin' loud!

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

We're not trying to change the world; just music.

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

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

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

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