I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!

When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.

We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

[Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building on December 8, 1980. He and Ono were married in 1969.] His life was a very driven one, a very compressed one, ... In his very short life, he did a lot for us.

The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend.