It's like being possessed: like a psychic or a medium. I felt like a hollow temple filled with many spirits, each one passing through me, each inhabiting me for a little time and then leaving to be replaced by another.

Creativity is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.

At Shea Stadium, I saw the top of the mountain.

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.

There is nothing conceptually better than rock 'n' roll. No group, be it Beatles, Dylan or Stones, have ever improved on Whole Lot of Shaking for my money. Or maybe I'm like our parents: that's my period and I dig it and I'll never leave it.

Slipping? We're bigger than Jesus.

We gave up everything just to sit at your table.