In England, there are only two things to be, basically: You are either for the labor movement or for the capitalist movement. Either you become a right-wing Archie Bunker if you are in the class I am in, or you become an instinctive socialist, which I was.

When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years, then they expect you to pick a career.

I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book.

Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.

We reckoned we could make it because there were four of us. None at us would've made it alone, because Paul wasn't quite strong enough, I didn't have enough girl-appeal, George was too quiet, and Ringo was the drummer. But we thought that everyone would be able to dig at least one of us, and that's how it turned out.

That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously because I think our opposition, whoever they may be in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humour.

I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em.