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

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

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

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

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Let silence be the art you practice.

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

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

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

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

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

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

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.