One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can imagine a world that has no music in it, it would be a very different world, so music does change the world by virtue of all the music in it. Cumulative music of every kind, from banging a drum to playing a flute or recording symphonies, or singing 'War, what is it good for?' All those things change the whole way we live.

My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

It's hard to believe that you did so many drugs for so long. That's what I find really hard. And didn't really consider it. It was eating and drinking and taking drugs and having sex. It was just part of life.

Of course, I do occasionally arouse primeval instincts, but I mean, most men can do that. They can't do it to so many. I just happen to be able to do it to several thousand people. It's fun to do that.

Thanks to everyone in Israel for the wonderful welcome. It was a great show and we'll remember it forever.

Either we stay at home and become pillars of the community or we go out and tour. We couldn't really find any communities that still needed pillars.

The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.