I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.

If anyone had told me in the '60s that 20 years later we'd still be talking about whether pot was worse than this or that, I'd have said, Oh, come off it, boys.

When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.

I don't ever try to make a serious social comment.