The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Play it fuckin' loud!

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.

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

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

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

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.