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.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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

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

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

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

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

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

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

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.