I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing.

If you love your life, everybody will love you too.

I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.

If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein].

If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.

I have always adored Mahler, and Mahler was a major influence on the music of the Beatles. John and me used to sit and do the Kindertotenlieder and Wunderhorn for hours, we'd take turns singing and playing the piano. We thought Mahler was gear.

I like most kinds of music. So I haven't got a bag, as they say... except the big black one in the hall outside.