Find inner peace? I looked; it wasn't there.

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.

It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks

Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.

Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.

We need cooperation based on trust and self-confidence to create an open, compassionate, harmonious society.

I say I'm Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin all wrapped up into one. If I die early ... I'll be just like those guys.

Nothing is sacred. And, more importantly...the 'nothing' you end up with is truly sacred.

Bangalore has become a centre for healthcare.

World peace is no longer some pie-in-the-sky thing, because no single person or country is going to solve it on their own.

Genius may be for an hour or a thousand years; its indispensable quality is continuity with the life-push.

I do sometimes feel like the paparazzi are really what ran me out of L.A. They're just giving everyone a bad name.

There is in my opinion a great similarity between the problems provided by the mysterious behavior of the atom and those provided by the present economic paradoxes confronting the world.

When people are mean to you, win them over with kindness. If it doesn't work, you still win.