One has to completely humiliate oneself to be what the Beatles were . . . . It happened bit by bit, until . . . you're doing exactly what you don't want to do with people you can't stand -- the people you hated when you were ten.

The only reason I went for that goal is that I wanted to say: 'Now, mummy-daddy, will you love me?'

Peace and love are eternal.

Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war.

Imagine there's no heaven... it's easy if you try.

For a long time I wasn't listening to music, to the rock and roll stuff on the radio, because it would cause me to get sweaty. It would bring back memories I didn't want to know about, or I would get that feeling that I'm not alive 'cause I'm not making it. And if it was good, I hated it 'cause I wasn't doing it. And if it was bad, I was furious 'cause I could've done it better.

I always read the papers, the political bits.