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.

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

Let silence be the art you practice.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

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

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

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

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

People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

We're not trying to change the world; just music.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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