Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
I'm lucky to have had a father [John Lennon] who paid attention.
There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.
My father was assassinated by an FBI-CIA connection
Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it
My dad, he's definitely one of greatest writers of his generation. There is no question about it. When you are that good, when work is that good, you have to appreciate every aspect of it. It's the architecture of it, it's like looking at a Frank Lloyd Wright building or a Lautner building, it's master craftsmanship. Every aspect of it intertwines in a perfectly harmonious way. That's what architecture is at its best and the architecture of my father's music is on that level.
I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] of rock music.
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
I felt more than ever the necessity of my mission. But I went home out of spirits, I hardly know why. I must work by myself all life long.
At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights.