"This was one of the best things about Lennon and McCartney, the competitive element within the team. It was great. But hard to live with."
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"And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor."
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"Most people don't know that I invented the selfie."
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"The music publishing I own is fabulous recording."
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"George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them"
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"It's like there was me, then the Beatles phase, and now I'm me again."
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"Personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family."
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"I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that."
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"When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience."
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"We would normally play it to Cynthia or whoever was around"
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"People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about."
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"We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us."
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"George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement."
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"People who paint, including myself, get to a point where a bit of angst comes in. If you're doing it for a living, it's worth it to suffer those slings and arrows."
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"I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything."
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"Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared."
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"Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica."
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"Linda's at her best when she's doing you a meal at home. That's when you see Linda. She cooks, she looks after the kids."
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"It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry."
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"My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students."
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