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" I don't think the Beatles were that good. I think they're fine, you know. Ringo's got the best backbeat I've ever heard... Paul is a fine bass player... but he's a bit overpowering at times. "

George Harrison

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Radio

Never

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" I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write songs was because I thought, 'Well, if they can write them, I can write them.' "

George Harrison

Reason

Started

" Hippies are so phoney and fake. "

" Rap bores me, and all the glamour rock groups like Bon Jovi just amuse me. They obviously have a place, but they all sound like they use the same guitar player to me. "

George Harrison

Place

Sound

" With our love, we could save the world. "

" At the point we finished 'Abbey Road,' the game was up. We all accepted that. "

" People are simply screwing up when they go out and buy beefsteak, which is killing them with cancer and heart troubles. The stuff costs a fortune, too. You could feed a thousand people with lentil soup for the cost of half a dozen filets. "

George Harrison

People

Soup

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George Harrison

Got

" The fact that we're all here in these bodies means that we're not perfected. "

" I'm the kind of person who would love to play whenever I felt like, with a band, and it might as well be the Holiday Inn in Nebraska - somewhere where no one knows you, and you're in a band situation just playing music. "