I used to think that having many material things would increase one's stock of happiness. I found that to be completely untrue. The trappings don't make the man at all.

Music should be used for the perception of God, not jitterbugging.

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.

The saddest thing was actually getting fed up with one another. It's like growing up in a family. When you get to a certain age, you want to go off and get your own girl and your own car, split up a bit.

Even if it's being a Beatle for the rest of my life, it's still only a temporary thing.

It doesn't really matter what chords I play, what words I say or time of day it is, as it's only a Northern Song.

Didn't want to be a star, wanted just to play guitar in this cockamamie business.