"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be."

"And when the broken-hearted people Living in the world agree, There will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted, there is Still a chance that they will see. There will be an answer, let it be."

"The long and winding road that leads to your door Will never disappear. I've seen that road before. It always leads me here, leads me to your door."

"Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner But he knew it couldn't last. Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona Bought some California Grass. Get back, get back. Get back to where you once belonged."

"We knew that America would make us or break us as world stars. In fact, she made us."

"The Beatles are just a phenomenon; everything that the people say they are, they are. They're great. ... Their music is just melodious."

"I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, "The Beatles did.""

"The Beatles were so big that it’s hard for people not alive at the time to realize just how big they were. There isn’t a real comparison with anyone now. I suppose Michael Jackson at one point, but it still doesn’t seem quite the same. They were so big that to be competitive with them was impossible. I’m talking about in record sales and tours and all this. They were huge. They were bigger than Jesus!"

"Liverpool was a small subsidiary of the Empire. It was Podunk and people in London looked down their noses at Liverpool talent. There was no way to get from here to here to there. Without Brian [Epstein] they could have been Michelangelo but they didn’t get out. Without Brian, they were just the best band in Liverpool."

"The Beatles did not invent , the fusion of LSD and , but because of , they opened the floodgates."

"I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen."

"Hell, I'm not interested in meeting those sons of bitches."

"So we sailed on to the sun, Till we found the sea of green, And we lived beneath the waves, In our yellow submarine."

"Here, making each day of the year, Changing my life with the wave of her hand. Nobody can deny that there's something there.There, running my hands through her hair. Both of us thinking how good it can be. Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there.I want her everywhere and if she's beside me I know I need never care. But to love her is to need her everywhere. Knowing that love is to share."

"Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no-one will hear, No one comes near Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there, What does he care? All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?"

"Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been, Lives in a dream. Waits at the window, wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door, Who is it for? All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?"

"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat, If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet. Taxman. ‘Cos I'm the Taxman, Yeah, I'm the Taxman."

"Well I'd rather see you dead, little girl Than to be with another man. You better keep your head, little girl Or I won't know where I am.You better run for your life if you can, little girl Hide your head in the sand little girl. Catch you with another man, That's the end'a little girl."

"Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them In my life I love you more."

"There are places I'll remember All my life though some have changed. Some forever not for better. Some have gone and some remain. All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living. In my life, I've loved them all."

"Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right? Love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight."

"Was she told when she was young the pain would lead to pleasure? Did she understand it when they said That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure, Will she still believe it when he's dead? Ah girl, girl."

"Michelle ma belle These are words that go together well, My Michelle, Michelle ma belle, Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble Tres bien ensemble."

"Say the word and you'll be free. Say the word and be like me. Say the word I'm thinking of. Have you heard the word is love? It's so fine, it's sunshine. It's the word, love."

"Do what you want to do, And go where you're going to. Think for yourself 'Cause I won't be there with you."

"He's a real Nowhere Man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody. Doesn't have a point of view, Knows not where he's going to, Isn't he a bit like you and me?"

"When I call you up, Your line's engaged. I have had enough, So act your age. We have lost the time That was so hard to find. And I will lose my mind If you won't see me."

"I once had a girl, Or should I say She once had me. She showed me her room, Isn't it good? Norwegian wood."

"Asked a girl what she wanted to be, She said, baby can't you see? I wanna be famous, a star of the screen, But you can do something in between. Baby, you can drive my car, yes I'm gonna be a star, Baby, you can drive my car, and maybe I'll love you."

"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday."

"Why she had to go I don't know, She wouldn't say. I said something wrong, Now I long For yesterday."

"I've just seen a face I can't forget the time or place where we just met, She's just the girl for me and I want the world to see we've met."

"She's got a ticket to ride, She's got a ticket to ri - hi - hide, She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care."

"If you don't take her out tonight, She's going to change her mind. And I will take her out tonight, And I will treat her kind. You're going to lose that girl, You're going to lose that girl. If you don't treat her right, my friend, You're going to find her gone. 'Cause I will treat her right, and then You'll be the lonely one."

"Ev'rywhere people stare, Each and ev'ry day. I can see them laugh at me, And I hear them say. Hey, you've got hide your love away."

"We said our goodbyes, ah, the night before. Love was in your eyes, ah, the night before. Now today I find you have changed your mind. Treat me like you did the night before."

"Help me if you can, I'm feeling down, And I do appreciate you being around, Help me get my feet back on the ground, Won't you please, please help me?"

"Ooh I need your love babe, guess you know it's true, Hope you need my love babe just like I need you, Hold me, love me, Hold me, love me, I ain't got nothin' but love babe, Eight days a week."

"One day you'll look and see I've gone, For tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun. Some day you'll know I was the one, But tomorrow may rain so I'll follow the sun."

"Oh dear, what can I do? Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue. Tell me, oh what can I do? She thinks of him and so she dresses in black, And though he'll never come back, she's dressed in black."

"I'm a loser, And I've lost someone who's near to me. I'm a loser, And I'm not what I appear to be."

"I tried to telephone, They said you were not home, That's a lie. 'Cause I know where you've been, I saw you walk in your door. I nearly died, I nearly died. 'Cause you walked hand in hand With another man in my place."

"I got something to say that might cause you pain, If I catch you talking to that boy again, I'm gonna let you down, and leave you flat. Because I told you before, oh, you can't do that."

"Someday when we're dreaming, Deep in love, not a lot to say. Then we will remember The things we said today."

"I'll give you all I got to give if you say you love me too I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love."

"She gives me ev'rything, And tenderly, The kiss my lover brings, She brings to me, And I love her."

"I don't want to kiss or hold your hand. If it's funny, try and understand. There is really nothing else I'd rather do. 'Cause I'm happy just to dance with you."

"If I fell in love with you Would you promise to be true? And help me understand? 'Cause I've been in love before. And I found that love was more Than just holding hands."

"That when I tell you that I love you, oh You're gonna say you love me too, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh And when I ask you to be mine, You're gonna say you love me too."

"I should have known better with a girl like you, That I would love everything that you do, And I do, hey hey hey, and I do."