“The beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less.”

When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.

For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.

What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.

One may not eat what has a face.

My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.

If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.

Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.

We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.

Think globally, act locally.

We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.

The Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame will provide a center where the lives and the artistry of the greatest jazz musicians will be celebrated, and where people will come to learn about jazz, something to which my brother devoted his lifes work.

The Muslim people is calling upon you, Jerusalem is appealing to you, will anyone answer?

We don’t work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.

Little Willie John is the soul singer’s soul singer.

That’s a very high goal to have, study eight hours a day to be a concert pianist.

The thing you must remember is that I’m the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him

I’m sorry that I did not become the world’s first black classic pianist. I think I would have been happier.