I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

It was fun to be clever.

I really believe that Bob Dylan and others have speeded up the changes. Pacifism has found a voice at last.

I don't live for the stage. I don't live for an audience.

Once I've written something it does tend to run away from me. I don't seem to have any part of it - it's no longer my piece of writing.

In your fear, seek only peace. In your fear, seek only love.

You would think that a rock star being married to a super-model would be one of the greatest things in the world. It is.