Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.

Something that you can't play in your kitchen is rap. It is done in your neighbour's kitchen.

The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone.

You can't always get what you want.

Thousands of years people have taken drugs, whether it's alcohol, which was invented about 5,000 years ago. People have been using that. And all kinds of marijuana and all these things, tobacco. So all these drugs have been - it seems to be the propensity of human beings to want to use them.

I wasn't taking so many drugs that it was messing up my creative processes. It was a very good period, 1968 - there was a good feeling in the air. It was a very creative period for everyone.

Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.