We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us.

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

I did cocaine for about a year around the time of Sgt Pepper. Coke and maybe some grass to balance it out. I was never completely crazy with cocaine. I'd been introduced to it and at first it seemed OK, like anything that's new and stimulating. When you start working your way through it, you start thinking: 'Mmm, this is not so cool an idea,' especially when you start getting those terrible comedowns.

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'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it.

It's a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.

This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition.