We thought we'd be really big in Liverpool.

The White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album.

Drumming is my middle name.

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.

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 learned to knit in hospital. They give you stuff to do to keep you busy because you're so ill.

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.