Anger is an emotion that is very energetic. It is an ideal emotion to turn it around to make it work as a positive force.

I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and all that because of a certain kind of ambition. But I was always trying to create something simple.

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.

Beatles was 20th-century folksong in the framework of capitalism; they couldn't do anything different if they wanted to communicate within that framework.

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

It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.

When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.