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.

It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh.

I am a vegetarian because I realized that even little chickens suffer pain and fear, experience a range of feelings and emotions, and are as intelligent as mammals, including dogs, cats, and even some primates.

I was impossible. I don't know how anyone could have lived with me. For the first time in my life, I was on the scrap heap, an unemployed worker.

And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?

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

I still believe that love is all you need. I don't know a better message than that.