Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.

If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then it wasn't wasted time.

I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties of emotions which I cannot seem to express in pop music, and it frustrates me. Maybe that's why I still search for other ways of expressing myself. Song writing is a limiting experience in some ways - writing down words that have to rhyme.

All I want is the truth, just give me some truth

You can manicure a cat but can you caticure a man?

I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em.

It took me quite a long time to realise that my maleness was cutting off certain areas for Yoko [Ono]. She's a red hot liberationistand was quick to show me where I was going wrong, even though it seemed to me that I was just acting naturally. That's why I'm always interested to know how people who claim to be radical treat women.