Sitting In An English Garden Waiting For

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.

It's Like Being Possessed: Like A Psychic Or A Medium. I Felt Like A Hollow Temple Filled With Many Spirits, Each One Passing Through Me, Each Inhabiting Me For A Little Time And Then Leaving To Be Replaced By Another.

I Felt An Obligation Even Then To Write A Song That People Would Sing In The Pub Or On A Demonstration. That Is Why I Would Like To Compose Songs For The Revolution.

We Went To America A Few Times And [brian] Epstein Always Tried To Waffle On At Us About Saying Nothing About Vietnam. So There Came A Time When George [harrison] And I Said 'listen, When They Ask Next Time, We're Going To Say We Don't Like That War And We Think They Should Get Right Out.' That's What We Did.

I Don't Know How Much Money I've Got. I Did Ask The Accountant How Much It Came To. I Wrote It Down On A Bit Of Paper. But I've Lost The Bit Of Paper.