I don't talk about myself in the third person, and I laugh at people who do.

I have a trainer who comes three times a week and just listens to me moan... and I keep fit and keep moving... and I do watch what I eat. I am a vegetarian... I can't eat crazy food. I'm highly allergic to onions and garlic and spices... I've never had a pizza, never had a curry.

Ringo: 'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education.

You either kiss the future or the past goodbye.

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.

I love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I've never practiced drums unless there was another human being in the room.

I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'