John was a very political animal. The thing that politics did and that fame as an entertainer didn't do was provide you with an en...gine for propagating your theories and beliefs. The one thing John would have liked more than anything else was his own political machine. Even though he would profess that politics is bullshit, he just wouldn't call it "politics." He'd call it "peace."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Today, as you know, I am famous and very rich. But when I am alone with myself, I haven't the courage to consider myself an artist..., in the great and ancient sense of that word ... I am only a public entertainer, who understands his age.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I wish not to be given a title or an appointed position. I can and will do more good if I were made a Federal Agent at Large, and ...I will help best by doing it my way through my communications with people of all ages. First and Foremost I am an entertainer but all I need is the Federal Credentials.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it f...rom you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown, and they only want you to make them laugh.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the... pose, and then where are you?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »