The Beatles Quotes
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That radicalism of the '70s was phony, really, because it was out of guilt. I'd always felt guilty that I made money, so I had to give it away or lose it. I don't mean I was a hypocrite. When I believe, I believe right down to the roots.
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Either I'm a genius or I'm mad, which is it? "No," I said, "I can't be mad because nobody's put me away; therefore I'm a genius." Genius is a form of madness and we're all that way. But I used to be coy about it, like me guitar playing. But if there's such a thing as genius - I am one. And if there isn't, I don't care.
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It's no good having, being with people you can dominate all the time. Or being with someone who can dominate you all the time. Because either one is boring.
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It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
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We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
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You can manicure a cat but can you caticure a man?
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People never grasp the fact that they're going to have to go through the same thing again. They get to the sort of five-year stretch or the seven-year itch or whatever these tension points are that seem to be organic, built in, like the tide coming in and going out. It's like every time the tide goes out you quit--you move your house or something.
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In the two books I wrote, even though they were written in a sort of Joycean gobbledegook, there's many knocks at religion and there is a play about a worker and a capitalist. I've been satirising the system since my childhood. I used to write magazines in school and hand them around.
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Art is only a way of expressing pain.
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Pools of sorrow. Waves of joy.
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Of course it's difficult to know what the workers are really thinking because the capitalist press always only quotes mouthpieces like Vic Feather anyway.
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Instant Karma is going to get you.
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Why should The Beatles give more? Didn't they give everything on God's earth for ten years? Didn't they give themselves?
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First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money. I played drums because I loved them... My soul is that of a drummer... It came to where I had to make a decision - I was going to be a drummer. Everything else goes now. I play drums. It was a conscious moment in my life when I said the rest of things were getting in the way. I didn't do it to be come rich and famous, I did it because it was the love of my life.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.
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I am not the Beatles. I'm me. Paul isn't the Beatles...The Beatles are the Beatles. Separately, they are separate.
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If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.
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If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know what it's like, writing, it's torture.
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Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do?
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I get on with kids and I feel that's because I am one.
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I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy.
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I'm dissatisfied with every record the Beatles ever f***ing made. There ain't one of them I wouldn't remake.
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We should be trying to reach the young workers because that's when you're most idealistic and have least fear.