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

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.

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

I understand what it is to go through emotional trauma and retreat and go into the world of your imagination. I understand how art and music can be a place of safety in a world of reinvention.

The mind is not a machine, it is an idea. And the Idea resists all attempts to control it.

Don't do business with anyone who has a history of suing people.

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

It's so infectious to watch people having fun.

We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.

Perhaps because of this, many have looked at my practice in terms of science and technology, however, for me it is just as informed by Surrealism and mythology.

I do think we all go through struggles in life. I do think we're all going to fall down, along the way.

Rich dad said it this way, 'Big people have big dreams and small people have small dreams. If you want to change who you are, begin by changing the size of your dreams.'

Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It's much more of a business - very scientific.