The business is so driven by money, everyone's trying to get it right.

I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all the bombs though they did actually break up Liverpool, you know. I remember when I was a little older, there was big gaps in all the streets where houses used to be. We used to play over them.

I don't particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.

If you made a record, I'd probably pick out tracks that I like and download that. That's just how it is.

The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be.

Ringo: 'I do get emotional when I think back about those times. My make-up is emotional. I'm an emotional human being. I'm very sensitive and it took me till I was forty-eight to realize that was the problem! We were honest with each other and we were honest about the music. The music was positive. It was positive in love. They did write - we all wrote - about other things, but the basic Beatles message was Love.

People only look at me as a Beatle but my friends look at me as a whole person. That's how life works, but it's not bugging me anymore.