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

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

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

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

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.

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

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The earth has music for those who listen.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

We're not trying to change the world; just music.

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.

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.

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

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time