We're all God. I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine - and potentially evil.

I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing 'All together now' - that was another one. I was also pleased when the movement in America took up 'Give peace a chance' because I had written it with that in mind really.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do?

You can't give a child too much love and if you love somebody, you can't be with them enough. There's no such thing.

I didn't really know that much about the Maoists, but I just knew that they seemed to be so few and yet they painted themselves green and stood in front of the police waiting to get picked off.

It ( In My Life ) was the first song that I wrote that was really, consciously about my life.... up until then, it had been all glib and throwaway.