I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

The thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him

I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.

Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance.

It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.

To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love 'em.