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

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

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

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.

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

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.

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.

Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.

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

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

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

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

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

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

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

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

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