Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.
Let silence be the art you practice.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
We're not trying to change the world; just music.
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.
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
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?
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.
