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" The adulation or the superstardom is something I could leave out quite happily. "

George Harrison

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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 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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" The Beatles will exist without us. "

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" America has everything, why should they want us. "

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" If we were all perfected beings, we wouldn't be here in the physical world. "

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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. "

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" The Beatles will go on and on. "

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" I wanted to collaborate with someone, but it had to be someone I could work with and who wouldn't disrespect my past. "

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" As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead. "

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" It was all part of being a Beatle, really: just getting lugged around and thrust into rooms full of press men taking pictures and asking questions. "

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" I think of myself as a jungle musician because of my lack of formal training. "

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" Although I have guitars all around, and I pick them up occasionally and write a tune and make a record, I don't really see myself as a musician. It may seem a funny thing to say. It's just like, I write lyrics, and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together - that makes me. "

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" I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" The Beatles saved the world from boredom. "

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" We got £25 a week in the early Sixties when we were first with Brian Epstein, when we played the clubs. "

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" All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. "

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" I've always played around in my own mind with what a Wilburys tour could be. Would each person do a solo set and then do Wilburys at the end, or would we all go on right from beginning to end and make everything Wilburys? It's an intriguing thought. "

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" As long as you hate, there will be people to hate. "

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