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

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

The earth has music for those who listen.

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

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

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

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

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

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.

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

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

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.

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

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

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

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.

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.