"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."
January 1, 1970
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