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.

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.

Going to do it to you sweet banana, like it's never been done, and we'll get high, high, high, in the mid-day sun.

A lot of the Beatles albums were very various, and we did it on purpose: We didn't want the next track to sound like the last one.

The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.

George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them

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