If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!

I thought of nothing else but rock 'n' roll; apart from sex and food and money--but that's all the same thing, really.

Without a job all there is to life is boredom and insecurity.

I believe Jesus was right, Buddha was right, and all of those people like that are right. They're all saying the same thing -​ and I believe it. I believe what Jesus actually said -​ the basic things he laid down about love and goodness -​ and not what people say he said.

Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.

When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years, then they expect you to pick a career.

Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you.