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" After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather. "
George Harrison
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" To the best of my knowledge, none of the Beatles can read music. "
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" America has everything, why should they want us. "
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" If you want to be popular and famous, you can do it; it's dead easy if you have that ego desire. But most of my ego desires as far as being famous and successful were fulfilled a long time ago. "
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" I think it was John who really urged me to play sitar on 'Norwegian Wood,' which was the first time we used it. Now, Paul has just asked me recently whether I'd written any more of those 'Indian type of tunes.' He suddenly likes them now. But at the time, he wouldn't play on them. "
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" Some of the best songs that I know are the ones I haven't written yet, and it doesn't even matter if I don't ever write them, because it's only small potatoes compared with the big picture. "
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" Because we were all from Liverpool, we favored people who were street people. "
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" I'm really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow... I stay at home and watch the river flow. "
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" If I write a tune and people think it's nice, then that's fine by me, but I hate having to compete and promote the thing. I really don't like promotion. "
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" I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music. "
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" They gave their money, and they gave their screams. But the Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems. They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us. "
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" People say I'm the Beatle who changed the most, but to me, that's what life's about. "
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