He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?

I always tell my kids, "Find something that you love and within that you'll find some job that you can do and you'll always be happy. You'll go to a job that you want to go to."

There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.

Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.

I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past

I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.

When you kill somebody's little sister with a missile, he's going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.