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" The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was. "

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" So whenever I hear The Beatles I always feel I've got a lot in common with everybody else. "

" I can tell how I'm doing, and I can tell if the crowd is particularly dead. "

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" You can't censor people's dreams. "

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" After Nashville sushi and a long debate on Bob Dylan, we went into Woodland Studios at 10 pm that night for a look around, and jammed for 5 hours solid. "

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