I thought I was painting in sound a picture of revolution - but I made a mistake, you know. The mistake was that it was anti-revolution.

I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air you breathe, but this is where it's happening.

I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.

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.

Elvis died the day he went into the army.

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

I don't miss it. I'm glad it happened, but I don't miss it.