“I don't work at being ordinary.”

“What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.”

“I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.”

“I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.”

“I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.”

“When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John.”

“And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?”