It (-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) was like throwing down a hat in the center of a ring, it was a tremendous challenge… It seemed like an almost insurmountable task to come up with anything even in the same ballpark.
Beatles Quotes
I was really surprised when after we had finished that album (Let It Be) Paul came to me and said, ‘Let’s get back and record like we used to–would you produce an album like you used to?’ ‘Well, if you’d allow me to, I will.’ And that’s how we made “Abbey Road” It wasn’t quite […]
I love the second side of “Abbey Road”, where it’s all connected and disconnected. No one wanted to finish those songs, so we put them all together and it worked. I think that piece of that album is some of our finest work.
The idea for “Let It Be” was a brilliant one, and I think it was Paul’s. The original idea was that we should record an album of new material and rehearse it, then perform it before a live audience for the very first time–on record and film. In other words, make a live album of […]
Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
As far as I’m concerned, there won’t be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.
They’ve got everything over there. What do they want “us” for?
The Beatles took hold of our country and shook it to a different place because they were young, because their music had a young, fresh feel, and because – this is the crucial thing – our parents didn’t get it.
Well I’ve never been to England but i kind of like the Beatles.
The Beatles are not merely awful, I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than Godawful.
