I don't really believe in going with somebody to have tea and chat. I don't do that. It's just a waste of time.

I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.

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.

We are very lucky really, because we can create our own reality, John [Lennon] and me, but we know the important thing is to communicate with other people.

Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.

The thing is, even after the revolution, if people don't have any trust in themselves, they'll get new problems.

Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.