It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.

...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we?

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

It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.

The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.

When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.