I always really enjoyed our early days, before we got too famous. We used to play clubs and that kind of stuff all the time. And it was fun. It was good because you get to play and get quite good at the instrument. But then we got famous, and it spoiled all that, because we'd just go round and round the world singing the same 10 dopey tunes.

So it's the unwinding of your nervous system. The corresponding experience to what winds you up comes out in your dreams. To write a song then, even one like Don't Bother Me, helps to get rid of some subconscious burden. Writing a song is like going to confession.

Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone.

I don't believe in telling all to the public, but I feel a certain gratitude to them for having provided me with a fine material base that enables me to do pretty much what I want, possibly, for the rest of my life.

After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather.

Hare Krishna, Peace and Love

Once you realize something, then you can't pretend you don't know it any more.