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

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

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

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

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Let silence be the art you practice.

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

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

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

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

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

Play it fuckin' loud!

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

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

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

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

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.