Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.

Inside each of us, there is the seed of both good and evil. It's a constant struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.

You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk.

I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!

I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.

This really blew my mind, the fact that me, an over fed, long haired, leaping gnome, should be the star of a Hollywood movie.

It's the need for change that drives us to join forces with our brothers and sisters all around the world - but change is slow.

I tried to reach the combatants with my music. I tried to turn my anger into something positive. Myself, and others like me, just tried to keep rock and roll alive.

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.

OK, I've had a life of sort of success, some people know who I am but a lot of people don't. I feel the need to change that still.

Jesus Christ, it's like living with Stevie bloody Nicks, ' I said, 'only without the cocaine, which would be more fun.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

She did not realise that there could be a joy - a spiritual ecstasy- in the touch of a certain man, or that she would long for his touch with all her being

So a more sensible thing it seemed to me was to go to Silicon Valley and be pushing on the technology companies to accelerate the use of audio and music in computers.

If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.

What you call freedom is still nothing but choosing how to steer straight into the heart of what chooses you.

Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.

If they want to get [my statue of] the Commandments, they're going to have to get me first.

You can be Hitler and go to confession and say forgive me, Father, I killed six million Jews, and the priest would just be like no problem. Say 10 Heil Marys. And Hitler goes to heaven.

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.