I've always been sensible with my money. I can't say I'm a business genius.

Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.

Having signed a few autographs in my time, I always wonder what the heck people do with them.

Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles

They put up this bloke's picture on Crimewatch UK with a phone number and said 'Have you seen this man?' Well my auntie rang them up and said 'No'.

I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.

There is no way in my right mind I would contemplate running 26 miles-plus unless it involved a chase with Pamela Anderson.

I have a very happy marriage and friends who keep my feet on the ground. But looking for satisfaction in life is difficult. Maybe being happy is as simple as not being unhappy.

I have that working class fear of having nothing. I've always got one eye on what's in the bank.

Happiness to me is simply not being unhappy.

I have to confess here that I am a useless cook.

The worth of a state in the long run is the worth of the individuals composing it.

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.

A lot of country making films in English, but in Japan we are very shy to speak English.

There is no coloration to rights. Everybody has rights. I don't care who you are, where you come from. You got rights. I got rights. All God's children got rights.

With songs, I've always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I've lived them.

Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.

Ever since that night I've been on the road Travelling and trying to forget That awful night I lost all my friends I see their faces yet.

No matter how good you are, there's a lot of luck involved.

To the man of faith, there is always a future.

My dad owned a tiny little shop and we never had any family holidays or anything like that, so I was sent to boarding school as a means of control more than anything I think.