Imagine all of us living in peace, it's too beautiful to just be a dream.

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

I've always been politically minded, you know, and against the status quo.

Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else.

There is an alternative to war. It's staying in bed and growing your hair.

We're mostly macrobiotic, but sometimes I take the family out for a pizza.

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends

Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Please don’t spoil my day; I’m miles away and, after all, I’m only sleeping.

A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.

I used to think it was mere homesickness, then I started getting it at home.

I mean People come up and ask for autographs or say hi but they wont bug you.

Link Wray and Gene Vincent.... two of the greatest unknowns of rock 'n' roll.

People think the Beatles know what's going on. We don't. We're just doing it.

The dream is over. I gotta get down to reality. The good old days is garbage.

I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence.

They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool.

The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people.

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.

Surrealism to me is reality. Psychedelic vision is reality to me and always was.

Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything.

Everything is true and not true about everything. That’s one thing I’ve learned.

You don't have to be a star to get a cheese sandwich. You just have to be first.

We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time.

Please don't wake me, no, don't shake me, leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping.

Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

I really had a chip on my shoulder, ... and it still comes out every now and then.

Some people say it's a when you get older fans the kids don't like you. It's true.

I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.

"All you need is love." I believe it. It's damn hard, but I absolutely believe it.

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

We're not disinterested in politics. It's just that politicians are disinteresting.

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

What I'd have liked would have been the money and the hit records without the fame.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.

After The Beatles came on the scene everyone started putting on a Liverpudlian accent.

Meanings of all songs come after they are recorded. Someone else has to interpret them

Barney Kessel is incredible. He's just amazing . . . . Nobody can play guitar like that

I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.

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

How can you talk about power to the people unless you realise the people is both sexes.

A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear.

Paul and I know each other on a lot of different levels that very few people know about.

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