I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...
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.
It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
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.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time
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.
Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
We're not trying to change the world; just music.
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.