I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

I figure I've probably got a better chance of coming up with a good Paul McCartney song than Oasis has.

Tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales. Apple's doing pretty good though, right?

People tried to do a lot of stuff with me early in my career where they tried to shape me into one thing or another. They couldn't just take the chance and go with my vision - which was just my intuition, really.

I'm going to be a star, you know why? Because I have nothing left to lose.

George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.