It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's 'all you need is love and peace, baby.' Give peace a chance, and remember Love. The only hope for us is peace. Violence begets violence. You can have peace as soon as you like if we all pull together. You're all geniuses, and you're all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, and live peace and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.

It ( In My Life ) was the first song that I wrote that was really, consciously about my life.... up until then, it had been all glib and throwaway.

In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure.

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

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends

There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.

We'd also have to infiltrate the army too, because they are well trained to kill us all.