Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion.

Lyricists play with words.

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'm trying to do it honestly and genuinely; if some of it's not working to your taste, what can I say?

The long and winding road that leads to your door / Will never disappear, / I've seen that road before it always leads me here, / Leads me to your door.

I used to go round to Aunt Mimi's house and John would be at the typewriter, which was fairly unusual in Liverpool. None of my mates even knew what a typewriter was. Well they knew what it was but they didn't hae one. Nobody had one.

I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.