| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 35401 |
| QUOTATION: | One has to completely humiliate oneself to be what the Beatles were, and that’s what I resent. I didn’t know, I didn’t foresee. It happened bit by bit, gradually, until this complete craziness is surrounding you, and you’re doing exactly what you don’t want to do with people you can’t stand—the people you hated when you were ten. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Lennon (1940–1980), British rock musician. quoted in Rolling Stone (New York, Jan. 7, 1971). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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