I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

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.

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

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.

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

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

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

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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?

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

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

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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.

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.

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

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

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

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.

People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.