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.

Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980.

People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.

There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

Creativity is innate and it manifests itself in so many forms. It needs to come out somehow or it destroys you in some way.