It's pretty hard when you are Caesar and everyone is saying how wonderful you are and they are giving you all the goodies and the girls, it's pretty hard to break out of that, to say 'Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.'

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 .

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.

I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope.

I can't speak for George, but I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul.

I'll be a good boy, please make me well. I promise you anything, get me out of this hell. Cold turkey has got me on the run.

Getting out of one car and getting into another