I Am He As You Are He

I'm Not Saying We're Better Or Greater, Or Comparing Us With Jesus Christ As A Person, Or God As A Thing, Or Whatever It Is. I Just Said What I Said, And It Was Wrong, Or It Was Taken Wrong. And Now It's All This.

Yoko [ono] Was Showing Me Some Of These Haiku In The Original. The Difference Between Them And Long Fellow Is Immense. Instead Of A Long Flowery Poem The Haiku Would Say 'yellow Flower In White Bowl On Wooden Table' Which Gives You The Whole Picture.

That Radicalism (of The '70s) Was Phony, Really, Because It Was Out Of Guilt. I'd Always Felt Guilty That I Made Money, So I Had To Give It Away Or Lose It. I Don't Mean I Was A Hypocrite. When I Believe, I Believe Right Down To The Roots.

New York Is What Paris Was In The Twenties. . . The Center Of The Art World. And We Want To Be In The Center. It's The Greatest Place On Earth. . . I've Got A Lot Of Friends Here And I Even Brought My Own Cash.

I Must Say The More Interesting Songs To Me Were The Black Ones Because They Were More Simple.