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.

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.

You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.

I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It's when you're in jail you really become a criminal.

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

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.