My goals are - I don't need much. I'm a simple man. I think that success is having fun. And when I'm having fun doing music, I'm happy. If I can make a little money on the side doing it, I'm really happy.

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

How little is required for pleasure! The sound of a bagpipe - without music, life would be an error.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

All things considered, I could never have survived my youth without Wagnerian music. For I seemed condemned to the society of Germans. If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take to hashish. Well, I had to take to Wagner.

Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.