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

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.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

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

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

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

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

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

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The earth has music for those who listen.