There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.

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.

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,

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.