Women artists are still treated differently from men.

I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap.

I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically.

Imagine painting all the statues in the world in the color of the sky.

When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect pitch and harmony and how to write music and all that. At that time, one of the homeworks was to listen to all the sounds and the noise of a day and transfer that into musical notes.

Think of the Earth as a turning point in eternity. Think of the Earth as a meeting point in infinity.

In your head, a sunset can go on for days.

If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.

Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.

In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?

Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day.

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.

It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.

Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.

We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.