The writing of the Beatles, or John and Paul's contribution to the Beatles in the late sixties - had a kind of depth to it, a more mature, more intellectual approach. We were different people, we were older. We knew each other in all kinds of different ways than when we wrote together as teenagers and in our older twenties.

The magic of the music seems to light the way.

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

It looks like I'm going to be 40 and life begins at 40 -​ so they promise. And I believe it, too.

Don't hate what you don't understand!

People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine.

At Shea Stadium, I saw the top of the mountain.