"I remember being very impressed with John's big, thick sideboards and trendy teddyboy clothes. In a way, all that emotional rough stuff was simply a way for him to separate the men from the boys, I think. I was never intimidated by him. Whenever he had a go at me, I just gave him a little bit of his own right back." - George
George Martin, at a meeting with the Beatles: If there's anything you don't like, just tell me. George: Well, I don't like your tie!
"I met Paul and said, 'Do you wanna join me band?' Then George joined, and then Ringo joined. We were just a band who made it very, very big. That's all." - John
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more.
"In My Life," Rubber Soul
"When Help! came out in '65, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it's just a fast rock 'n' roll song. I didn't realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help. It was my fat Elvis period." - John
"I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar playing is a means to an end. While they're making up new tunes, I can thoroughly enjoy myself just doodling around with a guitar for a whole evening. I'm fascinated by new sounds I can get from different instruments I try out. I'm not sure that makes me particularly musical. Just call me a guitar fanatic instead, and I'll be satisfied." - George
With our love, with our love
We could save the world
If they only knew
"Within You Without You," Sgt. Pepper
"How long are you gonna last? Well, you can't really say, you know. You can be big-headed and say, 'Yeah, we're gonna last ten years.' But as soon as you've said that, you think, 'We're lucky if we last three months,' you know." - John
"We were waiting to shoot the scene in the restaurant [in Help!] when the guy gets thrown in the soup, and there were a few Indian musicians playing in the background. I remember picking up the sitar and trying to hold it and thinking, 'This is a funny sound.' It was an incidental thing, but somewhere down the line I began to hear Ravi Shankar's name. The third time I heard it, I thought, 'This is an odd coincidence.' And then I talked with David Crosby of the Byrds, and he mentioned the name. I went and bought a Ravi record. I put it on, and it hit a certain spot in me that I can't explain, but it seemed very familiar to me. The only way I could describe it was: my intellect didn't know what was going on and yet this other part of me identified with it. It just called on me." - George
Reporter: What kind of girls do you prefer? John: My wife. Reporter: What kind of girl is she? John: She's a nice girl. Reporter: What kind of girls do you like, George? George: John's wife!
