Paul McCartney Quotes

If anyone had told me in the '60s that 20 years later we'd still be talking about whether pot was worse than this or that, I'd have said, Oh, come off it, boys.

Paul McCartney The Beatles

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• If anyone had told me in the '60s that 20 years later we'd still be talking about whether pot was worse than this or that, I'd have said, Oh, come off it, boys.

  

  Paul McCartney The Beatles
  • Years
  • Said
  • Boys