Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

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

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

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

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.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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