Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

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.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

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

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

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

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

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.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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

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

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

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.