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.

It's like if you're an astronaut and you've been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?

I'm trying to do it honestly and genuinely; if some of it's not working to your taste, what can I say?

People would say to me, “Hey man, you look just like Paul McCartney”, and I'd say: “I wish I had his money!”

You can fill my appetite without me taking up a bite.

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.

I did cocaine for about a year around the time of Sgt Pepper. Coke and maybe some grass to balance it out. I was never completely crazy with cocaine. I'd been introduced to it and at first it seemed OK, like anything that's new and stimulating. When you start working your way through it, you start thinking: 'Mmm, this is not so cool an idea,' especially when you start getting those terrible comedowns.