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.

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.

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.

There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.

Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.

Happiness isn't expensive, it just costs your will...

Peace among the nations, like happiness for the individual, is not an end, but a by-product that usually comes when you live right.

It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'

The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer's and diseases of dementia. There's just so much scientifically that we don't know, and we can know.

A bully is playing a game, one that he or she enjoys and needs. You're welcome to play this game if it makes you happy, but for most people, it will make you miserable.

Love that we cannot have is the one that lasts the longest,hurts the deepest,but feels the strongest