Beatles Quotes

And, in the end,
the love you take
Is equal to the love you make.

Love is sweet, when it's new. But it's sweeter, when it's true. Love is old, love is new. Love is all, love is you.

Here comes the sun, doo da doo doo, Here comes the sun, and I say, It's alright

I'd like to end up sort of...unforgettable.

I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued running around in teddyboy gangs. Today, well... I'd probably be a laborer. I'm glad I'm not, of course. It'll be nice to be part of history... some sort of history anyway. What I'd like to be is in school history books and be read by kids.

I've never really done anything to create what has happened. It creates itself. I'm here because it happened. But I didn't do anything to make it happen apart from saying 'Yes'

Question: "What do you think you've contributed to the music business?"
Ringo Starr: "Records."

The Beatles will exist without us.

I'd like to think that all the old Beatle fans have grown up and they've got married and they've all got kids and they're all more responsible, but they still have a space in their hearts for us.

I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs [...] I can thoroughly enjoy myself just doodling around with a guitar for a whole evening. I’m fascinated by new sounds I can get from different instruments I try out. I’m not sure that makes me particularly musical. Just call me a guitar fanatic instead, and I’ll be satisfied.

Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone.

Reporter, during an early press conference: "What do you call that haircut?"
George Harrison: "Arthur"

The Beatles saved the world from boredom.

I'd rather be a musician than a rockstar.

It's hard to follow my own act. But the only answer to that would be to give up after the Beatles. I only had two alternatives. Give up or carry on.

Us, communists? Why, we can't be communists. We're the world's number one capitalists. Imagine us communists!

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.'

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.

What I do is I look for the positive side. I'm the only guy who sat down with John and wrote all those songs. It's me. (I've) got to pinch myself, I can't believe it. I just feel blessed to have known him and to have experienced his presence so intimately

We didn't all get into music for a job! We got into music to avoid a job, in truth - and get lots of girls.