I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can. But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

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.

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

It came in a vision - a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day forward you are Beatles with an A.' Thank you Mister Man, they said, thanking him.

News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican. (11 August 1966)

Imagine all of us living in peace, it's too beautiful to just be a dream.

There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen." "Life is what happens when you are making other plans.