When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.

I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies.

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.

If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.

I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.