Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
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.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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.
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
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?
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.
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.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.
Play it fuckin' loud!
The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
