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

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

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

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

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

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

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.

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.

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

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

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

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

Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?

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.