I get by with a little help from my friends.

I enjoyed it when football crowds in the early days would sing 'All together now' - that was another one. I was also pleased when the movement in America took up 'Give peace a chance' because I had written it with that in mind really.

You can only breathe out if you breathe in.

I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ. Therefore I shy away from church...

Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere - come and get your share.

Everything is clearer when you're in love.

It was a choice of making it or still eating chicken onstage.