It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was.

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.

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.

Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.