Occupation: Musician Birth: June 18, 1942
I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing..
I have such an admiration for John [Lennon], like most people. But to be the guy who wrote with him, well that's enough. Right there you could reti….
It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry..
When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience..
But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp..
If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein]..
Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn't noticed the cha….
I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire..
To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid ….
I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all..
This was one of the best things about Lennon and McCartney, the competitive element within the team. It was great. But hard to live with..
Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on..
My thing is about following the accidental, more than trying to paint an accurate bowl of apples. I enjoy most following the paint. It leads me somew….
There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store..
My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's go….
Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves..
Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I'd feel great, beautiful..
I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record..
I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything..
One of things about beards is that, when men reach a certain age, they'd like to see if they can grow one. It's a phenomenon I understand very well. ….
I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool..