I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really care what happens when I'm dead.

I've withdrawn many times. Part of me is a monk, and part a performing flea! The fear in the music business is that you don't exist if you're not at Xenon with Andy Warhol.

You don't have to be some sort of freak to meditate

Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who can control me is me, and even that's barely possible.

The first line (of I Am The Walrus) was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend, and it was filled in after I met Yoko.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

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.