You've got to believe in yourself. ..it really is true, because that's one thing about the Beatles...Man, we believed in ourselves. We knew we were good.

It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was.

My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.

I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual.

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.