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“Before Elvis there was nothing.”

As quoted in "Elvis Is Everywhere" in The New York Times (16 August 2007) http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/elvis-is-everywhere/
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“When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.”

"Julia" (1968); these lines were adapted from lines of Sand and Foam (1926) by Khalil Gibran: "When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind."
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“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.”

"What Can I Tell You about Myself which You Have Not Already Found Out from Those Who Do Not Lie?" in The Beatles Anthology (2000)
Context: Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. … I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

“I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.”

I Am the Walrus, (1968)