If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
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.
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.
If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity.
Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
The more I see the less I know for sure.
There's nothing you can know that isn't known.