"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you ..." — John Lennon

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.

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.

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.