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

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

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

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

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

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

We're not trying to change the world; just music.

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

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

The earth has music for those who listen.

I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.