Why is everyone telling me to do it? I already did it.

I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and all that. They were so condescending and stupid. Everybody trying to use us. It was a special humiliation for me because I could never keep my mouth shut and I'd always have to be drunk or pilled to counteract this pressure. It was really hell .

When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.

And so this is Xmas for black and for white, for yellow and red, let's stop all the fight.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

We're crazy about this city. First time we came here, we walked the streets all day, all over town and nobody hassled us. People smiled, friendly-like, and we knew we could live here. We'd like to keep our place in Greenwich Village and have an apartment here, God and the Immigration Service willing. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco.

Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right on the head