When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.

George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

I'm trying to do it honestly and genuinely; if some of it's not working to your taste, what can I say?

I like most kinds of music. So I haven't got a bag, as they say... except the big black one in the hall outside.

I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has.

the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less