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

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.

Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.

Just be Nice. Nice—this little word has a big meaning. Use it generously. Being nice helps people feel emotionally safe, allowing for more authentic, trusting, and happy interactions.

Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. No libraries, no progress.

We are all part of the ecosystem.

I don't subscribe to the thesis, 'Let the buyer beware,' I prefer the disregarded one that goes, 'Let the seller be honest.'

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.

I think forever is an incorrect concept.

I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em. Especially with the stuff they wrote about Jessica and I - it's obviously not true.

Such sorrow— The cry of true compassion Sinks into my hard ego.

When you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.