When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.

We gave up everything just to sit at your table.

There is not one thing that's Beatle music. How can they talk about it like that? What is Beatle music? Walrus or Penny Lane? Which? It's too diverse: I Want to Hold Your Hand or Revolution Number Nine?

I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another

I don't intend to be a performing flea any more. I was the dreamweaver, but although I'll be around I don't intend to be running at 20,000 miles an hour trying to prove myself. I don't want to die at 40.

I believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it.

It seems that all revolutions end up with a personality cult - even the Chinese seem to need a father-figure.