I began to realise that we are all oppressed which is why I would like to do something about it, though I'm not sure where my place is.

Happiness is inside you, not with another person

The first thing we did was to proclaim our Liverpoolness to the world, and say 'It's all right to come from Liverpool and talk like this'. Before, anybody from Liverpool who made it, like Ted Ray, Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, had to lose their accent to get on the BBC.

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

It seems that all revolutions end up with a personality cult - even the Chinese seem to need a father-figure.

We gave up everything just to sit at your table.

We should be trying to reach the young workers because that's when you're most idealistic and have least fear.