"I had a little throat cancer. I had a piece of my lung removed in 1997. And then I was almost murdered. But I seem to feel stronger…
"[But] I'm a little more short of breath than I used to be, so I don't see myself on stage lasting a full 14 rounds."

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

I'm a tidy sort of bloke. I don't like chaos. I kept records in the record rack, tea in the tea caddy, and pot in the pot box.

The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.

We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth - then it's far too late when they pass away.