There are things you can never take, no matter how strong you are.

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.

Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.

You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.

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.

I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.

Smile to the future and it will smile back to you