Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

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

Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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

Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?

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.

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.

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

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.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

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

Play it fuckin' loud!

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time

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.

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

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

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

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

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