It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

I hate the idea of success robbing you of your private life.

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.

I don't work at being ordinary.

You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.