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

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

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.

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

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

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

The earth has music for those who listen.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

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.

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

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

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

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.

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

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

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

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

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.