“At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.”

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 think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.

Lyricists play with words.

When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.

I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.

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.

If I were dead, I would be the last to know.

I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.

I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.

I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.

To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?

Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.

No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.

A law against hating Jews is usually the beginning of the end for the Jews.

The end of the year! I draw the balance. Inquiry of conscience and request to the Spirit for progress and maturity.

At the end we all settle for peace.

When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea.

The best thing about being a writer is you get to write your endings.

What you have in most education software is that they’re catering to the decision-maker who makes the budget allocations, and that decision-maker has a lot of check boxes. Does it do this? Check. Does it do that? Check. They could care less about the end user experience.

There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.