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

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

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?

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

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

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.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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

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

The earth has music for those who listen.

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.

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

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

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

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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