--Paul McCartney on his fall during the Tampa show of the 'US Tour', 2005.
"The Beatles saved the world from boredom."
--George Harrison
"I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors concerning my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know."
--Paul McCartney, 1969
"The hardest act to follow is yourself."
--Paul McCartney
"I love Beethoven, especially his poems. "
-- Ringo Starr, 1964
"We've played many palaces, including Frisco's Cow Palace. But never this one before. It's a keen pad and I like the staff. Thought they'd be dukes and things but they were just fellas. "
-- Paul McCartney on Buckingham Palace, 1965
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. "
-- John Lennon
"Reality leaves alot to the imagination."
--John Lennon
"All we are saying is: Give peace a chance."
--John Lennon
"Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable."
--John Lennon
"Time you enjoy waiting is never wasted."
--John Lennon
"We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?"
--John Lennon
"I feel higher than the Empire State Building!"
--John Lennon after the birth of his son Sean in 1975
"I don't intend to be a performing flea anymore. I was a dream weaver, but although I'll be around I don't intend to be running at 20,000 miles an hour trying to prove myself. I don't want to die at 40."
--John Lennon
"Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewlery."
--John Lennon
"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"
--John Lennon
"We were just a band that made it very, very big...that's all."
--John Lennon
"If there is such thing as a genius, I am one. And if there isn't, I don't care."
--John Lennon
"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people! We received ours for entertaining people. I'd say we deserve ours more, wouldn't you?"
--John Lennon
"The difference between the Beatles and Elvis was that Elvis died but his manager lived...with us our manager died and the Beatles lived."
--John Lennon
"I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and myself and I hope we passed the audition."
--John Lennon
"Ugh, Beatles, how did the name arrive?.....It came in a vision- a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them: 'from this day on you are Beatles'"
--John Lennon
"Peace and Love!!"
--Ringo Starr
"This is a song for a very good friend of mine....his name was George."
--Ringo Starr, introducing the song "Never Without You" during his 2006 All Starr concert in Boston.
Question: "What do you call that hairstyle you're wearing? "
George: "Arthur. "
Question: "What do you think of the criticism that you`re not very good? "
George: "We`re not. "
Question: "What did you think when your airliner`s engine began smoking as you landed today? "
Ringo: "Beatles, women and children first! "
Question: "Do you date much? "
Ringo: "What are you doing tonight?"
Question: "What do you do when you`re cooped up in a hotel room between shows? "
George: "We ice skate. "
Question: "Would you like to walk down the street without being recognised? "
John: "We used to do this with no money in our pockets, there`s no point in it. "
Question: "Are you scared when crowds scream at you? "
John: "More so in Dallas than in other places. "
Question: "What`s this about an annual illness, George? "
George: I get cancer every year.
Question: "Do you plan to record any anti-war songs?"
John: "All our songs are anti-war. "
Question: "Does all the adulation from teenage girls affect you?"
John: "When I feel my head start to swell, I look at Ringo and know perfectly well we`re not supermen. "
Question: "The French have not made their mind up about the Beatles. What do you think of them?"
Paul: "Oh, WE like the Beatles, they`re gear! "
Question: "Girls rushed towards my car because it had press identification and they thought I met you. How do you explain this phenomenon? "
John: "You`re lovely to look at! "
Question: "Does it make you feel like caged animals, staying in your hotel rooms except for concerts?"
John: "No, we feed ourselves. "
Question: "Were you worried about the oversized roughnecks who tried to infiltrate the airport crowd on your arrival?"
Ringo: "That was us!"
Question: "There`s a 'stamp out the Beatles movement' underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it? "
Paul: "We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit. "
Question: "Who of you thought up the name 'Beatles'? "
Paul: "I thought of it. "
Question: "Why? "
Paul: "Why not?"
Question: "How do you feel about the invasion of your privacy all the time? "
Ringo: "The only time it bothers us, is when they get us down to the floor and really mangle us! "
Question: "Who in the world would the Beatles like to meet more in the world than anybody else?"
Ringo: "The real Santa Claus."
Question: "Is your popularity beginning to taper off? "
Paul: "I agree that our popularity has hit a peak. But I also agree with a man who said the same thing last year. And we were both wrong!"
Question: "Do you have any special advice for teenagers? "
John: "Don`t get pimples. "
Question: "Sorry to interupt you while you are eating, but what do you think you will be doing in five years time, when all this is over?"
Ringo: "Still eating. "
Question: "Has success spoiled the Beatles?"
Paul: "The great thing about it is that you don`t have big worries anymore, when you`ve got were we have - only little ones, like whether the plane is going to crash. "
Question: "What excuses do you have for your collarlength hair? "
John: "Well, it just grows out yer head! "
Question: "How do you feel about teenagers imitating you with Beatle wigs? "
John: "They are not imitating us, because we don`t wear Beatle wigs. "
Question: "Are you wearing wigs or real hair? "
Ringo: "Hey, where`s the police! "
Paul: "Take her out!"
George: "Our hair`s real, what about yours, lady?"
Question: "Are you going to get haircuts over in America? "
Ringo: "What do you mean? We got them yesterday!"
Question: "Does your hair require any special attention? "
John: "Inattention is the main thing."
Question: "Did you really use four-letter words on the tourists in the Bahamas?"
John: "What we actually said was 'gosh'. "
Paul: "We may have said 'heavens!'"
John: "Couldn't have said that, Paul. More than four letters."
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