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.

I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.

Every love song I write is for Linda.

At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.

I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.

We would normally play it to Cynthia or whoever was around

I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.