Once you take a life, that's it. I don't even deserve to be here.

I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover.

I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon.

Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up.

I wasn't angry the night I shot him.

I don't think I'm a celebrity. A chimpanzee could have done what I did.

I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable.

I've pent up all my aggression, kept swallowing it and swallowing it.

I was a master at keeping my feelings in.