All wars would end immediately if the various chiefs of state dropped a little LSD.

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

When did I decide to go into business? Well, it wasn't a business, when I decided. It was simply a need to sing.

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

The easiest way to get laid by a girl, or get rid of her, is to write a song about her.

Elections aren't supposed to be for sale... it's that simple.

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love.