Since the Beatles, I've approached making records every which way. A lot of times it's a really casual thing. Do a few tracks a day, have a bit of fun,

Lady Madonna lying on the bed
Listen to the music playing in your head.

Somebody said to me, ''But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.'' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, ''Now, let's write a swimming pool.''

I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.

Music is like a psychiatrist. You can tell your guitar things that you can't tell people. And it will answer you with things people can't tell you.

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.