Nothing is real.
How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing?
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
Love is like a flower – you’ve got to let it grow.
I’m not afraid of death because I don’t believe in it. It’s just getting out of one car, and into another.
Whatever gets you through the night.
The more real you get the more unreal the world gets.
Music is everybody’s business. It’s only the publishers who think people own it.
Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.
Everything is clearer when you're in love.
There are places I’ll remember All my life though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I’ve loved them all.
You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.
We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.
My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
Love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep on watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.