When George [Harrison] died the guards at Buckingham Palace played a medley of George's songs during the changing of the guard; that sort of thing never happens.

If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.

There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?

We know what we are doing by now.We seem to make an album every 18 months or so and I think every band should do that. We're not writing "Sgt. Pepper" every time; we are writing straight ahead rock n' roll.

Don't look to me. Don't ask for help. Don't ask for anything that you can do yourself

We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.

I have done interviews in the past, and they cut everything out except for the outrageous line, and then they take it out of context.