I can't remember anything without a sadness so deep that it hardly becomes known to me, so deep that its tears leave me a spectator of my own stupidity.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

I was trying to say something about Christianity, the idea that you have to be tortured to attain heaven. I didn't believe that.

When I was singing about 'All You Need Is Love' I was talking about something I hadn't experienced.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

The women are very important too, we can't have a revolution that doesn't involve and liberate women. It's so subtle the way you're taught male superiority.

The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.