Roy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn't want to follow.

People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know.

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

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

Gaps can be very emotional. I mean, that's in my drumming. When I drum, you know, I don't need to drum all over the track. I play with the singer and I can back off.