“For Art alone is great:The bust survives the state, The crown the potentate.”— Théophile Gautier Related Quotes “I’m actually not an exhibitionist at all. When you get onstage and you get under the lights playing music, I feel more hidden and more alone than anywhere else. You hide behind your music and let your emotions come out through the music.”– Tim McGraw “Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It’s freedom.”— Andrea Bocelli “but he only found her in the image that saturated his private and terrible solitude.”— Gabriel García Márquez