When I started, rock and roll itself was the basic revolution to people of my age and situation. We needed something loud and clear to break through all the unfeeling and repression that had been coming down on us kids.

The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.

Elvis died the day he went into the army.

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.

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

I've never voted. I've never voted yet although I could have voted for the last ten years.

I felt that film (Let It Be) was set up by Paul for Paul. That is one of the main reasons the Beatles ended. I can't speak for George, but I pretty damn well know we got fed up of being sidemen for Paul. After Brian died, that's what happened, that's what began to happen to us. The camera work was set up to show Paul and not anybody else. And that's how I felt about it.