Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

Play it fuckin' loud!

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.

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

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

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

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

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.