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

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

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.

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

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

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

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.

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

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

I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.

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

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

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

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

The earth has music for those who listen.