What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that's why I can't eat it. Simple as that.
I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.