And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

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

The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...

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

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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

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

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

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

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.

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

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

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

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

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.

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.

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