Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we?

The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.

Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs

There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.

One may not eat what has a face.

Bach was so mathematical and I liked this idea that you could have one instrument going, 'One, two, three, four', and then you have another instrument going, [double time] 'One, two, three four', and another instrument going, [doubled again] 'One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four', so you could add twos and fours and eighths, and that happens a lot in Bach.

I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.