Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

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

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

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

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

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

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

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

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.