I think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my concerts, they often hold up candles when we do "Let It Be." I don't think they'd do that anymore if the song suddenly became part of an Oldsmobile ad.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.

The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.

I think the 'Just say no' mentality is so crazed. I saw a thing in a women's magazine the other day. 'He smokes cannabis, what am I to do? He laughs it off when I try to tell him, he says it's not really harmful...' Of course you're half hoping the advice will be, 'Well, you know it's not that harmful; if you love him, if you talk to him about it, tell him maybe he should keep it in the garden shed or something,' you know, a reasonable point of view. But of course it was, 'No, no, all drugs are bad. Librium's good, Valium's good. But cannabis, ooooh!' I hate that unreasoned attitude.

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other.