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.

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

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

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

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time

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

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

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

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

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

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

To play without passion is inexcusable!

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual 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.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Let silence be the art you practice.

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.

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

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.