[Polythene Pam] was me, remembering a little event with a woman in Jersey, and a man who was England's answer to Allen Ginsberg, who gave us our first exposure - this is so long - you can't deal with all this. You see, everything triggers amazing memories. I met him when we were on tour and he took me back to his apartment and I had a girl and he had one he wanted me to meet. He said she dressed up in polythene, which she did. She didn't wear jackboots and kilts, I just sort of elaborated. Perverted sex in a polythene bag. Just looking for something to write about.

Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.

The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all.

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

I thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.

I didn't leave the Beatles. The Beatles have left the Beatles, but no one wants to be the one to say the party's over.

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?