The Beatles Quotes

“Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.”

“And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And then we'd go to Germany, and that's where I met the Beatles.”

“I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other, and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain.”

“When we first started, things basically went John and Paul's way because they were the writers, and they would say, "This is the song," and I would play as creatively as I could.”

“George was getting a lot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way.”

“And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One: I had left the band on the White Album.”

“And I came back and it was great, 'cause George had set up all these flowers all over the studio saying welcome home. I always felt it was better on the White one for me. We were more like a band.”

“I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band.”

“The second side of Abbey Road is my favourite.”

“I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one.”