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 .

Love is you, you and me. Love is knowing we can be.

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

As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though I was playing the capitalist game.

They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool.

When we got married, we knew our honeymoon was going to be public, anyway, so we decided to use it to make a statement. We sat in bed and talked to reporters for seven days. It was hilarious. In effect, we were doing a commercial for peace on the front page of the papers instead of a commercial for war.

Nothing happened in the sixties except that we all dressed up.