People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about.

Home in her apartment she'd dwell 'til the man from her dreams comes to break the spell.

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.

I used to go round to Aunt Mimi's house and John would be at the typewriter, which was fairly unusual in Liverpool. None of my mates even knew what a typewriter was. Well they knew what it was but they didn't hae one. Nobody had one.

I think the French girls are fabulous.

My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.