paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness

Reporter lady: What's that color? John: Hm. I'd call this a color!

I felt an obligation even then to write a song that people would sing in the pub or on a demonstration. That is why I would like to compose songs for the revolution.

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

I think it's false, shallow, to be giving to others when your own need is great. The idea is not to comfort people, not to make them feel better but to make them feel worse, to constantly put before them the degradations and humiliations they go through to get what they call a living wage.

What Can I Tell You about Myself which You Have Not Already Found Out from Those Who Do Not Lie?

I get by with a little help from my friends.