The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.
The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.
Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.
We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.
The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.
I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.
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 purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.
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.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.