“Creativity is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.”

“I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air you breathe, but this is where it's happening.”

“Whatever gets you through the night”

“We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...we all shine on...come on and on and on...”

“Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, and if the sun don't come, we'll be standing in the English rain.”

“One thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together, right now, over me.”

“I think the music reflects the state that the society is in. It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and musicians and artists are of the age - not only do they lead the age on, but they also reflect that age. [...] Like The Beatles. We came out of Liverpool and we reflected our background and we reflected our thoughts in what we sang, and that's all people are doing.”