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.

Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.

I was trying to disturb the war.

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

If you don't have music, you have silence. There is power in both.

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.