| Quotes, Interviews |
| Q: What do you dilslike about yourself? John: The fact that i'm so short-sighted. Off stage, i have to wear very thick glasses. On Stage, i can't see the crowd, but i know they are there by their screams. The Boys have a lot of fun telling me the wrong door to go through, and i often end up in a cupboard! |
| "When you're drowning, you don't say 'i would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the forsight to notice me drowning and come and help me', you just scream" ~John Lennon, 1970 |
| "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" ~John Lennon |
| "I'm dead am I? Why does nobody ever tell me anything?" ~Paul McCartney (about the rumors of him being dead) |
| Q: Do any of you have any formal musical training? John: You're joking |
| Q: What do you think of President Johnson? Paul: Does he buy our records? |
| Q: What do you like best about our country? John: You |
| Q: Why do you think you are so popular? John: It must be the weather Q: Do you think it's your singing? Paul: I doubt it. We don't know which it could be |
| Q: Some of your detractors allege that you are bald and those haircuts are wigs. Is that true? John: Oh, we're all bald. Yeah. And deaf and dumb too |
| Q: One of your hits is "Roll over Beethoven". What do you think of Beethoven as a composer? Ringo: He's great. Especially his poems |
| Q: Why do millions of Beatles fans buy millions of Beatles records every day? John: if we knew, we'd form another group and become their managers |
| Q: Who mends your stockings when you're on your travels? George: Stockings? Socks! Nobody, We just have them washed. |
| Q: Do you think all the hysterics are necessary for your act? Paul: No, not necessary. But it helps give a good atmosphere, we don't mind. It's nice when there's a lot of noise about. It's like a football match with a lot of noise going on. It produces a good feeling John: Goal! Goal! Q: But why is it always the girls? John: If it was all just boys, it'd be a bit funny, wouldn't it? |
| Q: Ringo, you didn't look too happy when you got off the airplane. Was there any reason? Ringo: If you'd been on it 15 hours, how would you look? John: How would he look, Ringo? Ringo: I don't know. Look at him now George: A bit of a friend face, if you ask me |
| Funny!!! |
| Ringo: John is married. We'll all get married in the end Paul: We will, in the end? John: You mean you're not funny like the rumor says? |
| Q: How about you other guys, how do you feel about Ringo being nominated for president? John: We think he should win. Definately in favor. George: Yes Q: Would you make them part of your cabinet? Ringo: I'd have to, wouldn't I? George: I could be the door John: I could be the cupboard |
| Q: The French had not yet made up their mind about the Beatles. What do you think about them? John: Oh, we like the Beatles. They're gear |
| Q: Do you have any advice for teenagers? John: Don't get any pimples |
| Q: Are you married? George: No, i'm George |
| Q: When do you rehearse? John: We don't! Paul: Yeah, of course we do John: Paul does, we don't |
| Q: Did you really use four letter words on the tourists in the Bahamas? John: What we actually said was 'gosh' Paul: We may have also said 'heavens' John: Couldn't have said that Paul. More than four letters |
| Q: Does it bother you that you can't hear what you sing during the concerts? John: No, we don't mind. We've got the records at home |
| Q: How did you find America? John: Turned left at Greenland |
| Q: 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 |
| Q: What did you think when the pilot got on the intercom (there were possible engine problems), before you landed at Kennedy? Ringo: Beatles, women, and children first! |
| Q: Why do you think you get more fan mail that the other Beatles? Ringo: I don't know. I suppose it's because more people write to me |
| Q: What would you do if the fans broke through the police barriers? George: We'd die laughing |
| Q: Can we look forward to any more Beatles movies? John: Well, there'll be many more but i don't know if you can look forward to them or not |
| Q: Do you ever think of getting a haircut? Paul: No, luv. Do you? |
| Q: Do you like topless bathing suits? Ringo: We've been wearing them for years |
| Q: Recently there has been an article published in Rolling Stone magazine stating that Day Tripper was about a prostitute, and norwegian Wood was about a lesbian. What was your intent when writing these songs? Paul: We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians Q: What was the inspiration behind Eleanor Rigby? John: That one's about a couple o' queers! |
| Q: Some people have been calling your work "unamerican". How do you respond to this? John: Well, thats very observant of them |
| Q: Were you worried about the oversized roughnecks who tried to infiltrate the airport crowd on your arrival? Ringo: That was us |
| Q: Where did you think up the hairdos? John: We've told so many lies about it, we've forgotten |
| Q: What about the hairdos, where did they.. Paul: You mean the hair don'ts? |
| Q: Who in the world would the Beatles like to meet more than anyone else? Ringo: the real Santa Claus |
| Q: Do you date much? Ringo: What are you doing tonight? |
| Q: What started your practice of wearing four rings at once? Ringo: Six got to be too heavy |
| Q: Paul, you look like my son Paul: You don't look a bit like my mother |
| Q: Is it true that none of you can read or write music? Paul: None of us can read or write music. The way we work is like, we just whistle. John will whistle at me and i'll whistle back at him |
| Q: Is it true you can't sing? John (pointing at George): Not me- him! |
| Q: What excuse do you have for your collor length hair? John: Well, it just grows out your head |
| Q: Why don't you smile, George? George: I'll hurt my lips |
| Q: Do you ever wear a tie? J: Me? Yeah, when I find it |
| Q: How does your wife react to all the girls fussing and running after you? J: She knows they never catch me |
| Q: Is it being planned to do a movie of your whole life, school, the Cavern Club... J: They couldn't put that kind of thing on the screen. Not yet, anyway |
| Q: With all the girls chasing you all over the world, who's the most exciting woman you've ever met? J: Ringo's mother was pretty hot. I'm only joking |
| Q: Are you in any danger during your concerts? P: I was got once by a cigarette lighter. Clouted me right in the eye and closed my eye for the stay. In Chicago a purple-and-yellow stuffed animal, a red rubber ball, and a skipping rope were plopped up on the stage. I had to kick a carton of Winstons out of the way when I played. And I saw a cigarette lighter flying past me in Detroit's Olympia Stadium Q: Don't you worry about all that? P: It's okay as long as they throw the light stuff, like paper. |
| Q: What are your favourite programs on American television? P: News en Espanol from Miami. Popeye, Bullwinkle. All the cultural stuff |
| Q: Is it true that on one flight a stewardess broke up a pillow fight between you guys and got clobbered on the head? G: I'm not really sure where she got hit. She did make us break it up, though. Remember that house we stayed in at Harlech? P: No. Which one? G: Yes you do! There was a woman who had a dog with no legs. She used to take it out in the morning for a slide |