We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.

I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.

I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.

There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.

My thing is about following the accidental, more than trying to paint an accurate bowl of apples. I enjoy most following the paint. It leads me somewhere else. I think I enjoy just letting the magic unfold and letting the spirit of the paint tell me where we're going.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.