“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.”

“How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing?”

“War is over … If you want it.”

“For those of you in the cheap seats I’d like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!”

“When you’re drowning you don’t think, I would be incredibly pleased if someone would notice I’m drowning and come and rescue me. You just scream.”

“the big house and the nice suits and the other things that our money culture says you should buy ... betrays a poverty of ambition.” 

“One thing you can’t hide – is when you’re crippled inside.”

“Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.”

“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.”

“Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.”

“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one.”

“We’ve got this gift of love, but 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 watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.”

“Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything, but not if you put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don’t expect Carter or Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.”

“Only by trying on other people’s clothes do we find what size we are.”

“If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.”

“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…”

“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”

“Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.”

“I’m not really a career person; I’m a gardener, basically.”

“I’m not afraid of death because I don’t believe in it. It’s just getting out of one car, and into another.”

“Trying to please everybody is impossible – if you did that, you’d end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You’ve just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.”

“If everyone could just be happy with themselves and the choices people around them make, the world would instantly be a better place! “

“You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact.”

“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.”