It's better that you're criticized than complimented as a person.

Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it.

Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.

The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough.

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

Some people say, "Sometimes I have violent thoughts, what can I do?" So I say, "Well, have them!" Cos we should not try to control ourselves. It's very bad to control ourselves in this sense. If you have any emotion at all, if its a bad emotion or good emotion, think about it, you should just understand that you have those emotions. And it's good because we are people and we have all these emotions. And the result of that is you would become more and more peaceful. If you don't let those emotions be inside of you then you become extremely violent.

Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.