The 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 LennonMy original idea for the cover was better - decapitate Paul - but he wouldn't go along with it.
John LennonWhen I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.
John Lennon