Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.
I believe time wounds all heels.
Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
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.
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.
The more I see the less I know for sure.
You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.
Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
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.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
