#beatles

When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment; I told them they didn't understand life. ↗

— John Lennon

#happy #john #lennon #life #life

This had seemed a safe choice, since to be against the Beatles (late-middle period) is to be against life. ↗

— Martin Amis

#truth #life

There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy. Nothing you can make that can't be made. No one you can save that can't be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time. It's easy. Nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. ↗

— John Lennon

#love #love-is-all-you-need #the-beatles #love

For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry! ↗

— John Lennon

#beatles #concerts #jewelry #music #stage-patter

Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#music

Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hurt: winklepicker shoes that cripple your feet and tight pants that squash your balls. Indian clothes are better. ↗

— George Harrison

#beatles #clothes #comfort #style

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#beatles #character #man #vegetarianism #true

Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo." He pauses, seeing the blank look on my face and groaning when he says, "Christ, Ever, the Beatles!" He shakes his head and laughs. "God, you make me feel old. ↗

— Alyson Noel

#christ

It's all in the mind. ↗

— George Harrison

#mind #perception #psychology #perception

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside. ↗

— John Lennon

#emotions #hypocrisy #pain #suffering #emotion