Anyone who knows the history of the Pete Best Band or the Combo, we were on the verge of breaking in in America. In the mid-'60s, I had great songwriters; we wrote some great stuff.

I'm happier than I would have been with the Beatles.

We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that.

The first one I actually met was George Harrison.

Liverpool was an industrial town, a poor town. The people fought hard for what they wanted to achieve and there was a hunger there, and that hunger has remained with the musicians.

John and I would go and have a couple of quiet beers, just to sit down and chew the fat. And he'd talk about Cynthia and how much he missed her

When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned.

You are a warrior in a dark forest, with no compass and are unable to tell who the actual enemy is, So you never feel safe ..

To change undesirable behaviors we see in the world, we must change the thinking that leads to those behaviors.

A chain is as strong as its weakest link...........and a brain is as strong as its weakest think!

The greatest works of art speak to us without knowing us.

I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.

It is impossible for a cyclops to wink.

As we immerse ourselves in the service of others, we find our spiritual selves and come unto Him.

I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.

Sometimes words come easily and sometimes they don't. Most songs take me twenty minutes to write.

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away.