The word Hare is the word that calls upon the energy that's around the Lord. If you say the mantra enough, you build up an identification with God.

I always felt at home with Krishna. You see it was already a part of me. I think it's something that's been with me from my previous birth.

Once I chanted the Hare Krishna mantra all the way from France to Portugal, nonstop. I drove for about twenty-three hours and chanted all the way. It gets you feeling a bit invincible. The funny thing was that I didn't even know where I was going. I mean I had bought a map, and I knew basically which way I was aiming, but I couldn't speak French, Spanish, or Portuguese. But none of that seemed to matter. You know, once you get chanting, then things start to happen transcendentally.

George: [On the 'Two Virgins' cover] 'What I thought of the sleeve then was the same as I think now: it's just two not-very-nice-looking bodies, two flabby bodies naked. It's harmless, really - different strokes for different folks.

Try to realize it's all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you.

My sweet Lord, hallelujah. My, my Lord, hallelujah. My, my Lord, hare krishna.

Everybody is great really and has got to be great.