I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has.

I used to go round to Aunt Mimi's house and John would be at the typewriter, which was fairly unusual in Liverpool. None of my mates even knew what a typewriter was. Well they knew what it was but they didn't hae one. Nobody had one.

There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land

Linda's at her best when she's doing you a meal at home. That's when you see Linda. She cooks, she looks after the kids.

Every love song I write is for Linda.

I would have liked the Beatles never to have broken up. I wanted to get us back on the road doing small places, then move up to our previous form and then go and play. Just make music, and whatever else there was would be secondary.

No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.