The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it's just a fast rock 'n roll song. I didn't realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help.

I found I was having continually to please the sort of people I'd always hated when I was a child. This began to bring me back to reality.

People asking questions, lost in confusion, well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions.

My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.

It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important. You know, you have all the old records there if you want to reminisce.

I was a working-class macho guy who was used to being served and Yoko didn't buy that. From the day I met her, she demanded equal time, equal space, equal rights.

A working class hero is something to be.