Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.

Well, I just want him to grow up happy. That's the main thing.

Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because we wrote our own music and that changed everything.

Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you.

There were very few real folk singers you know, though I liked Dominic Behan a bit and there was some good stuff to be heard in Liverpool. Just occasionally you hear very old records on the radio or TV of real workers in Ireland or somewhere singing these songs and the power of them is fantastic.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

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.