The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
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.
The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time
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.
The earth has music for those who listen.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time
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 accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.
When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
