Music can change the world because it can change people.

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

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

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.

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

The earth has music for those who listen.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I`m on stage they`re not privileged to see me. It`s a privilege for me to see them.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

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 melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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

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

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

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.

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

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

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