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

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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.

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

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

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

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.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

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

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

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.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

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

The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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