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Love is the answer, and you know that for sure Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.
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All you need is love.
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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.
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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.
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We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.
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Everything is clearer when you’re in love.
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Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
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Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
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And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he’s no longer God... They’ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.
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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.
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Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
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As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
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And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he’s no longer God... They’ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.
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He didn’t come out of my belly, but my God, I’ve made his bones, because I’ve attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I’m so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.
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Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.
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God is a concept by which we measure our pain.