I never pretended to be rock star. I would make a lousy rock star. I don't have the right voice for it. I don't have the "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" spirit. But the greatest flattery in the last couple of years is being called a "badass" by young singers.

I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful.

I'm not a rock and roller, a hitmaker. I'm highly dependent on what's coming out of these vocal cords.

The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands a few feet above napalm, torture, exploitation, poison gas, A and H bombs, the works. Give man a decent place to stand.

God must have something to do with joy ... and with sadness.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.