Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.

I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun.

I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.

Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top.

Britain's an island; it's always had a constant ebb and flow of immigration - it makes it a better place.

The idea of hearing, 'Great gig, man,' one more time just turns my stomach over.