The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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

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

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

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

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

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

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

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

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

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! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?