“I don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.”

My soul is that of a drummer. I didn’t do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.

I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.

I am, I definitely am. I’m really excited about that.

I’ve always felt that a space is as good as a fill.

I feel the older I get, the more I’m learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it’s all about finding yourself.

People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.

I know when I feel good when I play. There’s a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in the studio it’s still playing live. For me, it’s what expands my soul.

I couldn’t put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would’ve stayed with the band.

The drummer’s always going to be there. They’re the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.

I made all my mistakes playing with people.

I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

I’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.

The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That’s all they’ll ever be.

I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.

Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.

For me as an actor, there’s only so many things I can do, and this is a way, through a film, to teach and hopefully get the message out to young kids.

My message is, you can accomplish anything, not just on the athletic field, if you’re willing to work pay the price. It doesn’t matter what your age.

My faith was tested like Job. That’s the message I try to tell other people: just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realize, it don’t mean things not gonna happen to you.

I am the drum on which God is beating out his message.

And I say that to send a message to all the young thugs out there; that it’s nothing to be ashamed of to say you love your mother.

I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.

I have invested the best part of my adult political life in helping to try to build up this movement and I am far from perfect but I do think I am able, through the media, to deliver a good, simple, understandable message.