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" When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream. "

John Lennon

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" Everything is clearer when you're in love. "

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" I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. "

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" Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. "

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" It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here? "

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" 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. "

" He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride. "

" Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow. "

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