I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.

This was one of the best things about Lennon and McCartney, the competitive element within the team. It was great. But hard to live with.

Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.

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

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

I'm actually doing what I want with my life. I do sometime think I could just shut up and rest on my laurels and say: you know what guys, I'll operate out of the pocket you put me in.... but no way! No way I'm gonna do that! I'd just get bored stiff the first minute.

If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.