And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not married... as far as I'm concerned.

Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.

That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you know, but we didn't. I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other... and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain.

My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.

We [the band] had this open door policy - if you walked in the door, you were asked to play

I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.

I've said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.