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.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through ... You can go into a trance while you're doing it, so it's a nice contrast to real life.
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Before the Beatles ever got big, we started out playing rock 'n' roll at The Cavern. I'm going back as a nod to the music that has always -- and will ever -- thrill me,
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You know because I mean, I remember just in Europe -- in Finland -- I saw this very stately, older man -- grey-haired man and his wife, a grey-haired lady. And he's just sort of standing there and he just had his arms around her. Very emotional,
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Imagine the thrill for us going on the Ed Sullivan Show, especially when they told us it was the biggest show ever. I still remember one of the producer guys coming into our dressing room just before we went on and saying
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This is barbaric. Horrific. It's like something out of the dark ages. And they seem to get a kick out of it. They're just sick, sick people.
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By the time we made Abbey Road, John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself
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PETA has tried for years to educate her about fur - at first gently and quietly, and now like this,
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You know, I'm not one of these people that just because I've done all that I now become Superman. You can't touch me. You know, you can touch me. I'm very, unfortunately, very reachable,
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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But I've looked out at audiences, I've seen the effect some of these songs -- it's like, it's hard to be me and sing them,
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We knew it was coming, but we tried to pretend we didn't know it was coming,
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I don't work at being ordinary.
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In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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The issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love, and understanding between everyone around the world. We have learned that change comes slowly.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be a vegetarian.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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