I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.

I meet so many people that just sort of say, "I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me" or "It changed my life."

Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica.

Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.

My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.

I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.

This was one of the best things about Lennon and McCartney, the competitive element within the team. It was great. But hard to live with.