The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time
Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.
We're not trying to change the world; just music.
People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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.
Play it fuckin' loud!
Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.
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.
Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.