I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.

I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.

Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others.

I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.

George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them

Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.