Art is the signature of civilizations.

I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.

In his work a means of escape has been found from outmoded romanticism on the one hand and from a barren objectivity on the other.

The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.

Your Nordic blue eyes looked attentively at the paintings hanging on the walls. I felt stirrings of rebellion: a whole clash between your civilization and my b…

I was writing a lot of lyrics five or six years ago and the name Marilyn Manson, I thought really describes everything that I had to say, you know, male and fe…

They think they can say those words and take ownership of hip-hop. You can't. It's a lifestyle. It's a culture. It's not just music.