There is nothing conceptually better than rock 'n' roll. No group, be it Beatles, Dylan or Stones, have ever improved on Whole Lot of Shaking for my money. Or maybe I'm like our parents: that's my period and I dig it and I'll never leave it.

Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.

It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.

We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?

I don't know how much money I've got. I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of paper. But I've lost the bit of paper.

Pools of sorrow. Waves of joy.

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