I must say the more interesting songs to me were the black ones because they were more simple.
John LennonPaul and I know each other on a lot of different levels that very few people know about.
John LennonWill the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
John LennonWhen we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through the whole bureaucracy to get into the recording studio. You were in such a humble position, you didn't have more than 12 hours to make a whole album, which is what we did in the early days.
John LennonThe writing of the Beatles, or John and Paul's contribution to the Beatles in the late sixties - had a kind of depth to it, a more mature, more intellectual approach. We were different people, we were older. We knew each other in all kinds of different ways than when we wrote together as teenagers and in our older twenties.
John Lennon