Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

We need each other, We believe in one another, And I know we're gonna uncover, What's sleepin' in our soul...

I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way...

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.

What's the sense in having an eclipse if you can't look at it? Somebody in production sure slipped up this time!

I'd always admired Diane Keaton, but I'd never met her.

For a woman, forty is torture, the end.

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face.

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'

If you're sitting around waiting on somebody to save you, to fix you, to even help you, you are wasting your time because only you have the power to take responsibility to move your life forward.

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

No one can ever help loving anyone.