Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.

I think the music reflects the state that the society is in. It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and musicians and artists are of the age - not only do they lead the age on, but they also reflect that age. [...] Like The Beatles. We came out of Liverpool and we reflected our background and we reflected our thoughts in what we sang, and that's all people are doing.

The more real you get, the more unreal everything else is.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

Why don't people believe us when we say we're simply in love?

I always read the papers, the political bits.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.