John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.
I go back so far I’m in front of me.
When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.
I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It’s when you’re in jail you really become a criminal.
The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
Everybody’s talking about the President, we all chipped in for a bag of cement.
I am a vegetarian because I realized that even little chickens suffer pain and fear, experience a range of feelings and emotions, and are as intelligent as mammals, including dogs, cats, and even some primates.
So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
It’s like if you’re an astronaut and you’ve been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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.