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

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

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

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.

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.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

The earth has music for those who listen.

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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.

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

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

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

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

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

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

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

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

Let silence be the art you practice.