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.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

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

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

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.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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

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

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

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

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

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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

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

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.

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.

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.

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