Life Quotes

I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.

Real life is a funny thing, you know. In real life saying the right thing at the right time is beyond crucial.

The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.

In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.

Life is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right.

There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you're going to fall in love with. You never know who's going to come into your life - and for me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don't think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I'm with them.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

It can never be again! Everyone always talks about a good thing coming to an end, as if life was over. But I'll be 40 when this interview comes out. Paul is 38. Elton John, Bob Dylan - we're all relatively young people. The game isn't over yet. Everyone talks in terms of the last record or the last Beatle concert - but, God willing, there are another 40 years of productivity to go.

All kids draw and write poetry and everything, and some of us last until we're about eighteen, but most drop off at about twelve when some guy comes up and says, "You're no good." That's all we get told all our lives. "You haven't got the ability. You're a cobbler." It happened to all of us, but if somebody had told me all my life, "Yeah, you're a great artist," I would have been a more secure person.

I've made two 'discoveries' in my life: Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono. I think that's a pretty damned good choice.

No one should judge what I've done with my life, not unless they've been in my shoes every horrible day and every sleepless night.

The happiness and the joy that I see in the eyes of the children. They saved my life so I want to, give it back. I'm not joking.

We only live once, since we are given the gift of life it should be our persistent endeavor to immortalize ourselves no matter what field of endeavor we choose.

A star can never die. It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.

Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.