I have always had a passion for the beautiful. If the man in me is often a pessimist, the artist, on the contrary, is pre-eminently an optimist.

There is nothing new under the sun, not even Manet.

The wretched beings depicted by Millet touch us profoundly because he loved them profoundly. They have nothing in common with vulgar ugliness. Beauty will always remain the highest aim of art.

I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.

The artist should not be satisfied to only play the part of a mirror.

The true is not material reality only.

Discovering an inner history requires listening – and often not to the first story told.

The sacred soul stand tall!

Injuries are injuries, everybody has them. You play with it. I don't make excuses.

I wish Elton Brand the best. He's a great guy. He's always going to be a great friend of mine, regardless of what goes on.

I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes.

We have our brush and colors - paint Paradise and in we go.

Life is nothing but the expansion of love.

Dura est manus cirurgi, sed sanans. The hand of the surgeon is hard, but healing.