Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.

Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive!

Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs.

I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire.

I was anorexic in the 60s and 70s, although it wasn't called anorexia then. I thought people would be nicer to me if I looked very small and delicate, so food wasn't high on my agenda. But it is now.

My father belonged to a commune, and the food was ghastly. My idea of food hell is the salad cream they'd pour all over bits of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. It was just disgusting.

I serve black tea, which I call Froggy tea. And I have green teas and all sorts of nice teas. I'm serving tea all the time.

Bad behaviour makes men more glamorous. Women get destroyed, thrown out of society and locked up in institutions.

The really explicit phrase is doors of perception.

I'm interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.

Feminism is the best thing to come out of the '60's.

Look at the world through your vision not through the misperceptions of others.

Don't ever let others impose their self-limiting beliefs on to you. They don't have the courage and spirit that you do.

There is nothing wrong with dreaming, but there is everything wrong with dreaming without any intention to make the dream a reality.

Let strength and wisdom carry you forward beyond the limited horizons — you may have once envisioned.

The walls of books around him dense with the past formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.

When you feel small and weak, remind yourself that you are a child of the universe who is connected to the infinite source.

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.

Meditation is a silent heart, a peaceful mind which can make life more lovable, more livable.

The more ignorant you are, the quicker you fight.