'Oh! Darling' was a great one of Paul's that he didn't sing too well. I always thought I could have done it better-it was more my style than his. He wrote it, so what the hell, he's going to sing it.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison - it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo.

Wouldn't it be interesting to take Elvis back to his Sun Records period? I don't know. But I'm content to listen to his Sun Records. I don't want to dig him up out of the grave.

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

People are just up tight because the kids are having fun and they didn't have the same freedom.

Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war.