You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

When you're drowning, you don't say," I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me," you just scream.

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

I don't need to go to church. I respect churches because of the sacredness that's been put on them over the years by people who do believe. But I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not

Everything is clearer and open when you're in love.

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any fuckin' whore or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night.

The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can ... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

I'm not afraid of dying. To me dying is like getting out of one car and into another

The more I see the less I know for sure.

Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do; nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too. Imagine all the people... living life in peace.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.