If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.

I always like the studio best, once I got the hang of it and the control. I like it because it's complete control

Life is what's going on while your making other plans.

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

I felt that film (Let It Be) was set up by Paul for Paul. That is one of the main reasons the Beatles ended. I can't speak for George, but I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul. After Brian died, that's what happened, that's what began to happen to us. The camera work was set up to show Paul and not anybody else. And that's how I felt about it.

You are not your emotions,you have emotions,and you can master them.

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the night, or you're half-awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is. Every time you try to put your finger on it, it slips away. You turn on the lights and the cockroaches run away. You can never grasp them...