I don't understand people who believe that if you ignore something, it'll go away. That's completely wrong - if it's ignored it gathers strength. Europe ignored Hitler for twenty years. As a result he slaughtered a quarter of the world!

Everybody [in The Beatles ] was singing at the same time and the harmonies were great.

Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you

Sex, death and war. And justice. There's no shortage of lyrics there.

A kid once said to me "Do you get hangovers?" I said, "To get hangovers you have to stop drinking.

They [The Beatles ] were the first band to write their own songs in Britain because we always just covered American songs before that.

Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination.