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

You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.

George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.

The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.

The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.

Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That's the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.