The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.

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

But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.

I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.

I'm often reading a magazine and hearing about someone's new record, and I think: "Oh, boy, that's gonna be better than me". It's a very common thing.

Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other.

It comes in handy in situations like that. People always expect you to be riding around in stretch limousines all the time, but I will sometimes take public transportation if it's convenient, and it does surprise people, you see the heads turn.