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.
To play without passion is inexcusable!
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time
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 music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.
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?
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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.
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.
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
Play it fuckin' loud!
Let silence be the art you practice.
Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.