No, I was two years older than the other guys. I was a war baby. My family were a lot poorer than they were. I'd had to fight too hard for anything I had in my life and to smash things up for me.

Imagine if you could go watch Mozart today, even if it's the last, crappiest show he ever played. What a thrill that would be.

I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.

I never understood that if you sweat as much as I used to every night, you drain your body of salts. So I got very, very, seriously ill. I got to the stage where I was almost hospitalized with serious problems.

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

There is certainly more in the future now than back in 1964.

Rock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has.