Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.

I should think that people would be more interested in politics and all that is happening, rather than two lovebirds who are looking to wed. I think it's very nice that in an age when love is so scarce that people are willing to gamble on getting married.

My life was pretty rough.

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.

I wonder why men get serious at all. They have this delicate, long thing hanging outside their bodies which goes up and down by its own will. If I were a man I would always be laughing at myself.

I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on for centuries perpetuating itself.