John's relationship with each of the other Beatles was different. He was at his most relaxed with Ringo, who often had him in stitches with his jokes.

Yoko had 10 years and I had 10 years and I would rather have had the 10 years I had than the ones she did. I had the raw talent and the raw human being, before the sycophants arrived.

John was in constant need of proof of love and security and he was constantly testing people for that proof.

John was closest of all to Paul; their relationship was very complex.

John needed to escape his reality. I understood completely but I couldn't go along with him.

Instead of allowing a situation to alter your attitude negatively. Let your positive attitude alter the situation.

The goalie is like the guy on the minefield. He discovers the mines and destroys them. If you make a mistake, somebody gets blown up.

The terms socialist and communist are mostly about describing the world we want after capitalism, and I think they are both important.

In terms of putting the cast together, no problems. You know, the only problem always is just price-point. Our ambitions as we get older, all of us, is to try and do more.

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in a year.... But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child.

Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.

I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places.

For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them.

Abstruse questions must have abstruse answers.

All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.