I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

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

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

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

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

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

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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.

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

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

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

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

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.

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.