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

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

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

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?

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

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.

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