When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’ When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John.

I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has.

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."

But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.

I would have liked the Beatles never to have broken up. I wanted to get us back on the road doing small places, then move up to our previous form and then go and play. Just make music, and whatever else there was would be secondary.

I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.

There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land