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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.
Sep 10, 2025
I declare that The Beatles are mutants.
There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.
If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance.
Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'
The more I see, the less I know.
The more I see the less I know for sure.
Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.
...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream.
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends
You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen.
I hope someday you will join us and the world will live as one.
You may say i'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
Oooh I get by with a little help from my friends.
In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.
Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
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