I do believe in growing old gracefully, and when the time comes that I would look silly performing on stage, I'll be prepared to give it up without regrets.

The world used us as an excuse to go mad.

I want the Pope to have the Christ consciousness. I don't want to just talk about Christ.

Each individual has to burn out his own karma and escape from the chains of maya (illusion), reincarnation, and all that.

The first time I took LSD, it just blew everything away. I had such an incredible feeling of well-being.

I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

You've got to be humble really to be yourself or to get a chance to be yourself.