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{{cquote|I got back to England for Christmas and then, on January first, we were to start on the thing, which turned into ''Let It Be''. And straight away again, it was just weird vibes. You know, I found I was starting to be able to enjoy being a musician, but the moment I got back with The Beatles, it was just too difficult. There were just too many limitations based upon our being together for so long. Everybody was sort of pigeonholed. It was frustrating.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison, from ''Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Breakup of the Beatles'', Elliot J. Huntley|2004}} | {{cquote|I got back to England for Christmas and then, on January first, we were to start on the thing, which turned into ''Let It Be''. And straight away again, it was just weird vibes. You know, I found I was starting to be able to enjoy being a musician, but the moment I got back with The Beatles, it was just too difficult. There were just too many limitations based upon our being together for so long. Everybody was sort of pigeonholed. It was frustrating.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison, from ''Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Breakup of the Beatles'', Elliot J. Huntley|2004}} | ||
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| + | {{cquote|We couldn't get into it. It was just a dreadful, dreadful feeling at Twickenham Studio. You couldn't make music at eight in the morning, in a strange place with people filming you, and coloured lights ... I was stoned all the time and I just didn't give a shit.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon, from [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24937978/page/1 "The Rolling Stone Interview"]|1971}} | ||
{{cquote|The problem was that John and Paul had written songs for so long it was difficult — First of all because they had such alot of tunes and they automatically thought that theirs should be priority. So for me, I'd always have to wait through ten of their songs before they'd even listen to one of mine. That was why 'All Things Must Pass' had so many songs, because it was like I'd been constipated. I had a little encouragement from time to time, but it was very little. It was like they were doing me a favor. I didn't have much confidence in writing songs because of that. Because they never said, 'Yeah that's a good song.' When we got into things like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' we recorded it one night and there was such a lack of enthusiasm. So I went home really disappointed because I knew the song was good.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison, from ''Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Breakup of the Beatles'', Elliot J. Huntley|2004}} | {{cquote|The problem was that John and Paul had written songs for so long it was difficult — First of all because they had such alot of tunes and they automatically thought that theirs should be priority. So for me, I'd always have to wait through ten of their songs before they'd even listen to one of mine. That was why 'All Things Must Pass' had so many songs, because it was like I'd been constipated. I had a little encouragement from time to time, but it was very little. It was like they were doing me a favor. I didn't have much confidence in writing songs because of that. Because they never said, 'Yeah that's a good song.' When we got into things like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' we recorded it one night and there was such a lack of enthusiasm. So I went home really disappointed because I knew the song was good.|quotewidth=500px|George Harrison, from ''Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Breakup of the Beatles'', Elliot J. Huntley|2004}} | ||
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Revision as of 09:33, 9 January 2010
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| Studio album by The Beatles | ||||
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| Released | 8 May 1970 | |||
| Recorded | February 1968, January 1969, January 1970 and March–April 1970; Abbey Road and Apple studios, and Twickenham Film Studios, London |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 35:16 | |||
| Label | Apple (Parlophone) | |||
| Producer | Phil Spector | |||
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| “ | I got back to England for Christmas and then, on January first, we were to start on the thing, which turned into Let It Be. And straight away again, it was just weird vibes. You know, I found I was starting to be able to enjoy being a musician, but the moment I got back with The Beatles, it was just too difficult. There were just too many limitations based upon our being together for so long. Everybody was sort of pigeonholed. It was frustrating. | „ |
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—George Harrison, from Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Breakup of the Beatles, Elliot J. Huntley, 2004 |
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| “ | We couldn't get into it. It was just a dreadful, dreadful feeling at Twickenham Studio. You couldn't make music at eight in the morning, in a strange place with people filming you, and coloured lights ... I was stoned all the time and I just didn't give a shit. | „ |
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—John Lennon, from "The Rolling Stone Interview", 1971 |
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| “ | The problem was that John and Paul had written songs for so long it was difficult — First of all because they had such alot of tunes and they automatically thought that theirs should be priority. So for me, I'd always have to wait through ten of their songs before they'd even listen to one of mine. That was why 'All Things Must Pass' had so many songs, because it was like I'd been constipated. I had a little encouragement from time to time, but it was very little. It was like they were doing me a favor. I didn't have much confidence in writing songs because of that. Because they never said, 'Yeah that's a good song.' When we got into things like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps,' we recorded it one night and there was such a lack of enthusiasm. So I went home really disappointed because I knew the song was good. | „ |
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—George Harrison, from Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Breakup of the Beatles, Elliot J. Huntley, 2004 |
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