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.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

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

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

Music can change the world because it can change people.

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

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

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

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

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.

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

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

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

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

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

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

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.