Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.

I liked John a lot. He was the one I really got on with the most. We weren't buddy-buddies but we were always friendly. But after the Beatles and the Stones stopped playing clubs, we didn't see each other that much until he separated from Yoko, around 1974. We got really friendly again. And when he went back with Yoko, he went into hibernation ... when I went to visit someone in the Dakota, I'd leave him a note saying: 'I live next door: I know you don't want to see anyone, but if you do, please call.' He never did.

Right now I can't be sure that I will be back on stage. We have been touring for two years and that is way too much.

Writing a song is like - you're writing a song all the time. It's just when it pops out. It's been there all the time. It's not something that suddenly you do it. It's always there. Suddenly, it's in the right mixture inside you to come out. Usually when you're writing on the piano or a guitar, you don't write in lyrics, on their own. To me it's very boring.

Something that you can't play in your kitchen is rap. It is done in your neighbour's kitchen.

You have to write a song around this specific character or to enhance a specific scene. A lot of other craft goes on.

Of course we're doing it for the money. We've always done it for the money.