I would have liked the Beatles never to have broken up. I wanted to get us back on the road doing small places, then move up to our previous form and then go and play. Just make music, and whatever else there was would be secondary.

When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

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.

It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.

If this ever changing world in which we live in makes you give in and cry, say live and let die.

I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that.