What a beautiful future it will be! Don't worry about life being boring. It will never be.

My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.

Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.

I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.

We mustn't be traditional in the way we communicate with people - especially with the Establishment. We should surprise people by saying new things in an entirely new way. Communication of that sort can have a fantastic power so long as you don't do only what they expect you to do.

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.