I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band.

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That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you...

That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you...

Well I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.

Well I'm getting happier all the time, which is very nice.

I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.

I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.

And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had...

And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had...

So this is America. They must be out of their minds.

So this is America. They must be out of their minds.

The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite.

The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite.

I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me...

I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me...

And I came back and it was great, 'cuz George had set up all these...

And I came back and it was great, 'cuz George had set up all these...

That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.

That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.

I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with.

I'm not sleeping with all the women I appear with.

America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.

America: It's like Britain, only with buttons.

George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more,...

George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more,...

I like Beethoven, especially the poems.

I like Beethoven, especially the poems.

I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all...

I mean, I was born the day war broke out, but I don't remember all...

And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not...

And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not...

People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know.

People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know.

And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while...

And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while...

We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have...

We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have...

We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his...

We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his...