Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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

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

The earth has music for those who listen.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

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

Music can change the world because it can change people.

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

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

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

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.