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.

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

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

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

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

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.

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.

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

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.

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?

Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.

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

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