We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells.

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.

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.

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.

Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.