To play without passion is inexcusable!

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

Let silence be the art you practice.

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.

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

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

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

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

We're not trying to change the world; just music.

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

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

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.

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.

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.