My entire social life is spent in bars, so I don’t see giving up drinking as a viable option. Could you see me saying, ‘Tomato juice please?’
I don’t do regrets. Regrets are pointless. It’s too late for regrets. You’ve already done it, haven’t you? You’ve lived your life. No point wishing you could change it.
There are a lot of good books around. People don’t read any more. It’s a sad state of affairs. Reading’s the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it’s someone else’s vision, isn’t it?
In my life so far, I have discovered that there are really only two kinds of people: those who are for you, and those who are against you. Learn to recognize them, for they are often and easily mistaken for each other.
If you think you are too old to rock ’n roll, then you are.
All you have in life is your honor, man, your own self-image, your own self-respect. If you lose that, or if you give it away or if you sell it, then you don’t have it anymore.
That was a great time, the summer of ’71 – I can’t remember it, but I’ll never forget it!
As you go through life’s rich tapestry, you realize that most people you meet aren’t fit to shine your shoes. It’s a sad fact, but it’s true. A good friend is someone who’d hide you if you were on the run for murder. How many of them do you know?
It seems that our brave new world is becoming less tolerant, spiritual and educated than it ever was when I was young.
Born to lose. Live to win.
I don’t understand people who believe that if you ignore something, it’ll go away. That’s completely wrong – if it’s ignored it gathers strength. Europe ignored Hitler for twenty years. As a result he slaughtered a quarter of the world!
Don’t look to me. Don’t ask for help. Don’t ask for anything that you can do yourself.
People don’t want to see the guy next door on the stage, they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you’d never meet in ordinary life.
It will be funny in about 10 years.
Reading’s the only thing that allows you to use your imagination.
People changing because they think they should is not a good idea, because I just don’t think they should, really.
You haven’t been soiling your soul in public for years like we have.