There's high, and then there's high, and to get really high--I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high--that's where I'm goin'

I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.

Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else.

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.

You see, we're influenced by whatever's going. Even if we're not influenced, we're all going that way at a certain time. If we played a Stones record now -​ and a Beatles record -​ and we've been way apart,​ you'd find a lot of similarities. We're all heavy. Just heavy.

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.

"All you need is love." I believe it. It's damn hard, but I absolutely believe it.