I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.
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Related For us... you know, we're not The Beatles. BRUCE JOHNSTON The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have t... JACK BLACK In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to ... VERONICA ROTH Wenner’s unabashed idol worship had so often embarrassed them—starfucker, they grumbled behind h... JOE HAGAN There is an alternative to war. It's staying in bed and growing your hair. JOHN LENNON I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the ti... ELLE FANNING Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let th... FRANK ROBINSON A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that yo... KARA DIOGUARDI If you try to break into my house, you will be severely lacerated and possibly electrocuted, and I... PAGET BREWSTER I can't actually believe how good 'The Sopranos' is. I genuinely am dumbfounded by it. I... MARTIN FREEMAN I made them millions of dollars. If I was hurting them why did they keep me on the air for 14 months... HOWARD STERN The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know? BILLY PRESTON Sleep is all about recovering. So if you're not sleeping, you're not recovering. And if you&... TOM BRADY As a kid, I had a Beatles poster and a Bela Lugosi as Dracula poster, so both worlds always appealed... CHRISTOPHER YOUNG It's like, you can't have any fun, and if you do have fun, if you do your own thing, you'... CRISPIN GLOVER I really can't blame anyone but myself, because I didn't have to deliver the album. But when... PRAS MICHEL If you look in my CD case, you'll see it's Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, now ... MICHAEL ANGARANO You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them... LINDSAY LOHAN And you know, I said yesterday, you know, you know, if they're not going to - if the feds aren... JAN BREWER You're not a baby boomer if you don't have a visceral recollection of a Kennedy and a King a... P. J. O'ROURKE If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked u... HUNTER S. THOMPSON The other day I got a text from a boy, but it wasn't hot. I mean, if you're going to text me... CHLOE SEVIGNY Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are get... VIDYA BALAN I think music is something that can, and should, be used to get you into different things because ev... BEYONCE KNOWLES And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used... BUCK OWENS I have to do popcorn for movies. I can do more important things for television. You're going dow... DAVID L. WOLPER Men have made the world. And they've made a brilliant job of it. I love men. You know, men, you ... CAITLIN MORAN I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't g... JERRY LEWIS You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and tha... RAND PAUL We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more l... PAUL MCCARTNEY I just got so fed up with the bad vibes. I didn't care if it was the Beatles; I was getting out. GEORGE HARRISON I think 'Tattoo's a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a br... JORDIN SPARKS I love improvisation. You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. Yo... JONATHAN WINTERS I think, in some ways, I like it when people tell me what they're thinking. I would rather have ... BRIAN LAMB I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when y... MAGGIE CHEUNG You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you ... DOUGRAY SCOTT You hit a certain age and - especially because of TV - the young cooks coming up say, 'You'r... TOM COLICCHIO We're so terrified of death in Western culture that we have to make up a myth of an afterlife. I... STEVE EARLE Really, when you look at it, you're not battling the chemo, you're battling yourself the who... ERIC BERRY I believe that patterns tend to repeat themselves and there are connections between the past and the... ASHWIN SANGHI The mist was so challenging and the winds hit me, definitely more than I expected. It was definitely... NIK WALLENDA He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to ... BILL SCOTT If a relationship is going wrong, if a marriage is going wrong, the answer cannot simply be to say, ... RORY STEWART To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.... D. B. SWEENEY I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working ... LAILA ALI Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don'... OPRAH WINFREY I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up a... CHRIS CORNELL Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of lo... CHARLIE DAY In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and it's up... ADEN YOUNG I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I'm not going to drive hard into '... BRENDON URIE I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long... JEFF BEZOS You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do th... JON CRYER I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with ... AFRIKA BAMBAATAA We don't have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave... KENNETH C. GRIFFIN I'm never going to write a book like Anthony Sher did, you know, 'The Broadcaster Prepares.&... TERRY WOGAN You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don&... AMY CHUA If you're going to have a satisfactory standard of living, you're going to have to be compet... BOB MCNAIR I have always preferred to keep things to myself rather than sharing them with anyone, but I am lear... LUIS SUAREZ I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T... SAM SMITH I'm very good at breaking up with people. Very good. It requires a lot of skill, but what you do... DIANE VON FURSTENBERG If you're going to have a bad attitude, you may as well not even tee it up that week because you... JASON DAY You do stand-up because you have to do it. If you're doing it to become 'famous,' you... RUSSELL PETERS It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a... PARKER POSEY I don't blame other people for the rap that Christians have. A lot of Christians are just mental... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you're w... USHER We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do y... DAVID HYDE PIERCE The advice I've been giving to people all my life - that you may not be interested in the dialec... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS The whole idea is you can't sit around and do nothing. You have to get up and start living one d... DARLENE LOVE I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write any... COREY TAYLOR If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them... MICHAEL JORDAN When I start writing these novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry rather than to substantia... RUTH OZEKI I liked AC/DC," Lee said. "If you were going to shoot someone, you'd really want to do it while you ... JOE HILL It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building comp... STEVE JOBS Woody Allen movies are like Beatles songs. I can't name my favorite without you immediately nami... COLIN TREVORROW When you don't educate the people, you're crippling them. You are, you're not giving the... EMMANUEL JAL If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that beca... J. K. SIMMONS If you're going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I'm thankful that it hasn... PETER HAMMILL If you're gay and you can't hold hands, or you're black and you can't catch a taxi, ... TONY KUSHNER I guess my feeling is is that if you're going to make a joke, that's fine, but you should al... ADAM CAROLLA I probably made a few pictures I shouldn't have done, but I have four sons and I have to pay the... MICHAEL MADSEN Beforehand you think, 'Oh, changing nappies - I'm going to be up; I need to get sleep for tr... SONNY BILL WILLIAMS Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that you're born a sinner and you don't... MARILYN MANSON But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not ... RANDY NEWMAN All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of c... MARILYN MANSON It's a very big mental game, all day leading up to warm-ups. You're not sure if your curveba... AL LEITER And if you don't have your ears open, you're not going to be able to figure out what you sho... WALTER ISAACSON If you start writing to an audience you're talking down to them. I've never written for any ... MELISSA ROSENBERG I never was really into comics as a child, and I think if you miss the boat when you're a kid, y... VICTORIA PRATT I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people... RACHEL ROY I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to... CARA CASTRONUOVA If you can find a group of women, any age, who are supportive and kind and love you, that's the ... KATIE LOWES How can you be a record store and not have Led Zeppelin or the Beatles? BILL NGUYEN If you're guilty of something, you can focus on that, but if something terrible happens, and you... DARIN STRAUSS Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a war... PATRICK LEAHY If you're going to be with someone, you're with them, you're committed to them. I'm ... NICOLE KIDMAN You're a professional. You don't need for me to break a film down for you. If you want to st... KARL MALONE I have a fear of labels. If someone labels me, I have to respond - do I acknowledge it, reject it, d... B. D. WONG I love going to the cinema and thinking you're seeing something, and you end up on a whole other... GARTH DAVIS As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for yo... JOHN DIMAGGIO I know with me, you really have to, like, pound me over the head to say, 'I like you. I really l... KIELE SANCHEZ
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