I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.

It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.

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

I like most kinds of music. So I haven't got a bag, as they say... except the big black one in the hall outside.

I'm not a great practiser at all. We were never great practisers. The Beatles would come together for about a day before we had a tour, to make sure the amp worked.

Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.

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