The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.

I'm a person who likes to be irregular.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

Music is a universal language that doesn’t need translation.

Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

艺术家必须是哲学家、诗人，尤其是革命者。