Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.

I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk up Sunset Boulevard, knowing you're going to make music - that's it.

My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end.

I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realized they were amazing. They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest.