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

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

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

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

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

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

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

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

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

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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

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

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

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.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

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