Great Beatles Quotes - Page 2

• I declare that The Beatles are mutants.

  Timothy Leary

  Mutants, Psychedelic Experience

  "Shout!" by Philip Norman, (p. 365), 1981.

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• Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.

  John Lennon

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.

  Paul McCartney

  I Miss You, Song, Eye

  Song: All My Loving

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• When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

  John Lennon

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Jann Wenner, John Lennon (2001). “Lennon Remembers”, p.83, Verso

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• Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Reality

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• Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'

  Paul McCartney

  Funny, Money, Writing

  "Paul McCartney: One for the Road". Interview with David Fricke, www.rollingstone.com. February 08, 1990.

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• I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

  Paul McCartney

  Writing, Simple, Thinking

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• It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

  Paul McCartney

  Redneck, Hospitality, Beats

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• If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Beautiful, Simple, Records

  "Meet the new boss". Interview with Mark Hagen, www.theguardian.com. January 17, 2009.

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