The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do.

There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to change the world, you have to take care of yourself first. You have to survive yourself.

Rituals are important.

You're born in pain and pain is what we're in most of the time. And I think that the bigger the pain, the more gods we need.

I never went to high school reunions. My thing is, out of sight, out of mind. That's my attitude toward life. So I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past.

What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.

I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.