The Quarry Men’s banjo player, Rod Davis, recalls, “I had bought the banjo from my uncle and if he’d sold me his guitar, I might have been a decent enough guitarist to keep McCartney out of the band. I might have learnt guitar chords, I might not, and that was the big limitation really. McCartney could play the guitar like a guitar and we couldn’t, and let’s face it, a banjo doesn’t look good in a rock’n’ roll group. I only met Paul on one other occasion after the Woolton fête and it was at auntie Mimi’s a week or two later. He dropped in to hear us practising. From my point of view, I was the person he was replacing – it’s like Pete Best – you’re the guy who doesn’t know. Some things had gone on that I was unaware of.”
(Best of the Beatles: The sacking of Pete Best by Spencer Leigh, 2015)
Paul Mccartney and Linda Mccartney on their wedding day March 12, 1969
Once in a life I’m a lucky man If I can find the kind of love That’s gonna last for me
Twice in a lifetime Is one of those unspoken dreams We usually reserve for fantasy
Who knows how we find love Stop before you give your answer Who knows when a mystery begins
I know, I know I know because it’s happening to me I know, I know
Twice in a Lifetime (1983).
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“George told me once that I smelt like home. I got all paranoid, you know, thinking I smelt of fish and chip shops or dirty bars or something. But he said no, I just always smelt of home.” — Paul McCartney
“It used to be PaulnGeorge… as one word. They were the kids from the grammar school. That’s how we referred to them. For ages we didn’t even know George really, he was just ‘Paul’s mate’.” — Len Garry
“The papers try and stir things and act like there’s some kind of problem, but at the end of the day, I love him, he’s my mate and that’s all there is to it.” — George Harrison
“Paul and George always ganged up on people. Like Stuart. They could get pretty bitchy.” — John Lennon
“They used to spend all of their spare time together. Even the school holidays.” — Hunter Davis
“George didn’t mind slagging Paul off. But he HATED other people doing it.” — Tom Petty
George Harrison: *expressing a genuine concern and justified complaint about how he barely has any involvement in the band*
Paul: 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😒😒😒😒yeah 🙄🙄😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒
imagine being heather mills trying to sleep in and your older gay husband wakes you up like hey babe i made fruit mandalas