We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside

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

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

Let silence be the art you practice.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

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.

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 not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.

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

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

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

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

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

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

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.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.