Describing Woodstock as the "big bang," I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.

[Calling you a] star is just a trick. It's like a straw man thing. They [people] set you up just to knock you over. It's bull. You avoid it, I avoid it.

Jimi Hendrix could play better than our best guys and he did it while he was dancing while being completely outrageous.

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

Generally we don't really consciously do it as a purpose-driven thing. ... It's really just a response to life.

I think music is a lifting force, I think love is the lifting force in the human condition. I think you see someone loving on their child, and it moves you, and you can't help it.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.