My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
Money is not everything. We don’t need billions and trillions of dollars.
Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
I’m very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
Life with another person is always difficult.
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
I’m a politician. Politics is just a convenience for our life and we just have to create a beautiful world together that would be very convenient for us and just enjoyable.
The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.
The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.
We don’t live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.
You can’t always be in awe of someone’s talent, living with them.
You can’t always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.
I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn’t, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it’s not great art for you.
We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.
To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful – I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
The regret of my life is that I have not said ‘I love you’ often enough.
You can’t love someone unless you are in an equal position with them. A lot of women have to cling to men out of fear or insecurity, and that’s not love – basically that’s why women hate men.
I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.