He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field in a circle and play and play. It didn't matter what key or tempo or what melody, they would keep on playing through their discordance until they found a common language.

Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.

New generations have unprecedented power to make great changes. Take the music business for example. The new generations have toppled the music industry by file sharing, downloading, and Myspace. Rock 'n' roll belongs to the people.

I wasn't taking drugs or drinking. I was working and working and working. But I wasn't writing anything.

I realize that people need something to believe in.

All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.

I'd never had people drive me around, and then all of a sudden, if a car didn't come, I'd say, "Where's my car?"