"A good reputation is more valuable than money."

"Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back."

"Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings."

"How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself."

"I'm not interested in pop art."

"Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation."

"If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors."

"He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger."