Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

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

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

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.

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

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

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside

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

Let silence be the art you practice.

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

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

The earth has music for those who listen.

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

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.

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

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

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.