Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

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.

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

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.

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

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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

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

Comedy is the blues for people who can?t sing.

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

Let silence be the art you practice.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

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.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

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

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

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.