The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.
Imagine no possessions; I wonder if you can.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
We thought being offered the M.B.E. [Member of the Order of the British Empire] was as funny as everybody else thought it was. Why? What for? We didn't believe it. It was a part we didn't want. We all met and agreed it was daft.
What I'd have liked would have been the money and the hit records without the fame.
You feel alone if you're the only one thinking 'wouldn't it be nice if there was peace and nobody was getting killed.' So advertise yourself that you're for peace if you believe in it.