I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.

If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet.

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.