Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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

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

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

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

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.

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?

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

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

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

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.

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