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John, Paul, George & Ringo in their own words with illuminating quotes by those who loved and worked with them
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“The past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute."
George Harrison
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George Harrison
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January 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
“The past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute."
George Harrison
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George Harrison
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January 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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John and Paul in the 70s
John floating the idea of a joint concert between Wings, Rolling Stones & Plastic Ono Band
Fascinating scratched out note too.
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John floating the idea of a joint concert between Wings, Rolling Stones & Plastic Ono Band
Fascinating scratched out note too.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Paul: "Haven't you written anything else?"
John: "No.”
Paul: "We're gonna be faced with a crisis."
John: "When I'm up against the wall, Paul, you'll find I'm at my best."
Paul: "Yeah, I know, John, I know… But I wish you'd come up with the goods."
Get Back Sessions
8th Jan 1969
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John: "No.”
Paul: "We're gonna be faced with a crisis."
John: "When I'm up against the wall, Paul, you'll find I'm at my best."
Paul: "Yeah, I know, John, I know… But I wish you'd come up with the goods."
Get Back Sessions
8th Jan 1969
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January 15, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Paul: "Haven't you written anything else?"
John: "No.”
Paul: "We're gonna be faced with a crisis."
John: "When I'm up against the wall, Paul, you'll find I'm at my best."
Paul: "Yeah, I know, John, I know… But I wish you'd come up with the goods."
Get Back Sessions
8th Jan 1969
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John: "No.”
Paul: "We're gonna be faced with a crisis."
John: "When I'm up against the wall, Paul, you'll find I'm at my best."
Paul: "Yeah, I know, John, I know… But I wish you'd come up with the goods."
Get Back Sessions
8th Jan 1969
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I haven’t got the patience to practise to become a “perfect” guitarist you know. I’m more interested in the combination of my voice and the guitar I know and to write songs than I am in the instrument. So I never go through a day hardly without playing it whether I’m performing or not you know.
John
John
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 AM
I haven’t got the patience to practise to become a “perfect” guitarist you know. I’m more interested in the combination of my voice and the guitar I know and to write songs than I am in the instrument. So I never go through a day hardly without playing it whether I’m performing or not you know.
John
John
I reading all the lyrics of Beatles’ songs and finding, or imagining, all kinds of hidden meanings. One phrase in particular staggered me: ‘keeping her face in a jar by the door,’ from ‘Eleanor Rigby’. This seemed to me pure surrealism.
Alan Aldridge, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
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Alan Aldridge, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
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January 15, 2026 at 5:55 AM
I reading all the lyrics of Beatles’ songs and finding, or imagining, all kinds of hidden meanings. One phrase in particular staggered me: ‘keeping her face in a jar by the door,’ from ‘Eleanor Rigby’. This seemed to me pure surrealism.
Alan Aldridge, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
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Alan Aldridge, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
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“I remember going into the studio with him and watching how he worked. It was like a quilt—he just wove things together. I’d sit back and go, ‘You couldn’t buy this. What an opportunity.’”
Joe English in The McCartney Legacy 2
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Joe English in The McCartney Legacy 2
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January 15, 2026 at 5:40 AM
“I remember going into the studio with him and watching how he worked. It was like a quilt—he just wove things together. I’d sit back and go, ‘You couldn’t buy this. What an opportunity.’”
Joe English in The McCartney Legacy 2
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Joe English in The McCartney Legacy 2
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‘People have told me that the album's title indicates I like to struggle with things in my life. But I've never seen my life that way. The record's full of songs and words. That's all.
At least, that's all I was trying to do. I don't any feel different now than I ever have 1/2… #johnlennon #Beatles
At least, that's all I was trying to do. I don't any feel different now than I ever have 1/2… #johnlennon #Beatles
August 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
‘People have told me that the album's title indicates I like to struggle with things in my life. But I've never seen my life that way. The record's full of songs and words. That's all.
At least, that's all I was trying to do. I don't any feel different now than I ever have 1/2… #johnlennon #Beatles
At least, that's all I was trying to do. I don't any feel different now than I ever have 1/2… #johnlennon #Beatles
“Mind Games was actually a book that somebody sent me, which I wrote an intro to: 'I have read three important and revolutionary books in the last three years: Yoko Ono's Grapefruit, Arthur Janov's Primal Scream, and now Mind Games” - John
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August 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“Mind Games was actually a book that somebody sent me, which I wrote an intro to: 'I have read three important and revolutionary books in the last three years: Yoko Ono's Grapefruit, Arthur Janov's Primal Scream, and now Mind Games” - John
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Breaking normal proceedings to share with you this great Glynn Johns interview. Chatty and very informative about who he has worked with and his recording methods. Enjoy!
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Glyn Johns: Recording The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Eagles...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Breaking normal proceedings to share with you this great Glynn Johns interview. Chatty and very informative about who he has worked with and his recording methods. Enjoy!
youtu.be/UZ8BA25T5GA?...
youtu.be/UZ8BA25T5GA?...
“The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.” George Harrison
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August 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.” George Harrison
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Mick Fleetwood talks about the closeness of Lennon and McCartney, 1990.
August 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Mick Fleetwood talks about the closeness of Lennon and McCartney, 1990.
"I'm very good at forgetting who I am, because as far as I'm concerned Paul McCartney is a name given at birth and at the beginning of The Beatles he split off into a celebrity and I remained as me."
May 1997
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May 1997
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June 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"I'm very good at forgetting who I am, because as far as I'm concerned Paul McCartney is a name given at birth and at the beginning of The Beatles he split off into a celebrity and I remained as me."
May 1997
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May 1997
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“Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.”
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June 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.”
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“One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.”
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June 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.”
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I'm about halfway through McCartney Legacy Volume 2 - having just read about Jeff Cummin's artwork on Wings Over America so I was delighted to see this on the interweb this morning
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June 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I'm about halfway through McCartney Legacy Volume 2 - having just read about Jeff Cummin's artwork on Wings Over America so I was delighted to see this on the interweb this morning
@mccartneylegacy.bsky.social #paulmccartney #WingsOverAmerica
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Celebrating Paul McCartney’s 83rd birthday with quotes throughout the day
“I don’t work at being ordinary”
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“I don’t work at being ordinary”
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June 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Celebrating Paul McCartney’s 83rd birthday with quotes throughout the day
“I don’t work at being ordinary”
#paulmccartney #macca #happybirthdaypaul #thebeatles
“I don’t work at being ordinary”
#paulmccartney #macca #happybirthdaypaul #thebeatles
June 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"I was approached to do a film script for the Beatles. I said it would have to be an absolutely original script. Paul McCartney said do whatever you like … we finally get this little note from Brian Epstein, that it wasn’t suitable for the Beatles … by page 25 they had committed adultery....... 1/2
June 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"I was approached to do a film script for the Beatles. I said it would have to be an absolutely original script. Paul McCartney said do whatever you like … we finally get this little note from Brian Epstein, that it wasn’t suitable for the Beatles … by page 25 they had committed adultery....... 1/2
"Most people have come to know the time that John Lennon & I spent together as The Lost Weekend. I am always surprised by how many people are under the impression that our time together lasted only a single weekend" - May Pang
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June 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"Most people have come to know the time that John Lennon & I spent together as The Lost Weekend. I am always surprised by how many people are under the impression that our time together lasted only a single weekend" - May Pang
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13 June 1964:
The Beatles perform two shows in Adelaide, Australia.
John Lennon: "Australia was a high moment, like the first time in America… There were more people came to see us there than anywhere. I think the whole of Australia was there."
www.beatlesbible.com/1964/06/13/l...
The Beatles perform two shows in Adelaide, Australia.
John Lennon: "Australia was a high moment, like the first time in America… There were more people came to see us there than anywhere. I think the whole of Australia was there."
www.beatlesbible.com/1964/06/13/l...
The Beatles live: Centennial Hall, Adelaide
The Beatles played their second night of shows at the Centennial Hall, Adelaide, Australia, on 13 June 1964. They performed two sets, as on the previous day, each to 3,000 people. Around 4,000 fans we...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
13 June 1964:
The Beatles perform two shows in Adelaide, Australia.
John Lennon: "Australia was a high moment, like the first time in America… There were more people came to see us there than anywhere. I think the whole of Australia was there."
www.beatlesbible.com/1964/06/13/l...
The Beatles perform two shows in Adelaide, Australia.
John Lennon: "Australia was a high moment, like the first time in America… There were more people came to see us there than anywhere. I think the whole of Australia was there."
www.beatlesbible.com/1964/06/13/l...
“I love the Beatles. What more can I say? I’m not gonna lie to you. I love ’em. They make me happy. And I think they were the best, and still are.”
Liam Gallagher
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Liam Gallagher
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April 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“I love the Beatles. What more can I say? I’m not gonna lie to you. I love ’em. They make me happy. And I think they were the best, and still are.”
Liam Gallagher
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Liam Gallagher
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April 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Artwork by Paul McCartney
April 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Artwork by Paul McCartney
‘He's like my professor, Professor Paul. Yeah, we've been working on stuff for little chunks of time over the past couple of years. He also helped seal the deal for me in getting the Stones gig.’
Andrew Watt on Paul McCartney, Rolling Stone 2025
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Andrew Watt on Paul McCartney, Rolling Stone 2025
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April 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
‘He's like my professor, Professor Paul. Yeah, we've been working on stuff for little chunks of time over the past couple of years. He also helped seal the deal for me in getting the Stones gig.’
Andrew Watt on Paul McCartney, Rolling Stone 2025
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Andrew Watt on Paul McCartney, Rolling Stone 2025
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