Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and a pen, writing things down.

I did cocaine for about a year around the time of Sgt Pepper. Coke and maybe some grass to balance it out. I was never completely crazy with cocaine. I'd been introduced to it and at first it seemed OK, like anything that's new and stimulating. When you start working your way through it, you start thinking: 'Mmm, this is not so cool an idea,' especially when you start getting those terrible comedowns.