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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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