We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.

Anyone who cares about the Earth - really cares - must stop eating animals.

Cooking for six people every day is like having a cafe.

If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.

I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.

He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes.

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere.

I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.

Our kids haven't any airs about them. I don't like posh kids who don't like dirty dolls or expect a chauffeur every time they go out.

When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune.

Joblessness gives you time to grow

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

I wanna be great. I'm going to be great. There's no doubt about it.

An hour saved at the non-bottleneck is a mirage.

Everyone has to have either this or that problem, if he can't find any problem, he loses all reason for living.

Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.

You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. And then you realize, no, actually if you take a break people might be more interested in you.

As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions.

I love the musicality of words.