I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one
The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.