When I'm ninety-five and it's 'This is Your Life' time, they'll still be referring to me as 'ex-Beatle'...it does have it's advantages. It's still the best way to get a good table at a resturant.

I have no anonymity.I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there.

I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.

I'm always good for starting a bit of a tune and the first verse, but after that I just can never go anywhere. It takes me years, that's why I'm so slow.

I play weird. I'm always just behind. We [drummers] only have so much room. We're not guitarists.