That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously because I think our opposition, whoever they may be in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humour.

They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool.

When real music comes to me - the music of the spheres, the music that surpasses understanding - that has nothing to do with me, cause I'm just the channel. The only joy for me is for it to be given to me, and to transcribe it like a medium... those moments are what I live for.

I found I was having continually to please the sort of people I'd always hated when I was a child. This began to bring me back to reality.

The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people.

As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game.

Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.