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thestarsarecool · 2 years ago

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“After Epstein died there was nobody to comfort them or tell them how to handle things so Paul thought he was personally responsible. I constantly saw Lennon & McCartney together because Paul came along to see that I wasn’t rude to John — who I can’t say I got on with. Paul didn’t want me to upset John and thought he could handle me better than Lennon which of course he could.”

— Sir Joseph Lockwood, former chairman of EMI, quoted in Northern Songs: The True Story of the Beatles’ Song Publishing Empire

#something about this quote scratched some itch in my brain that made me want to post it immediately #normally I just add my quotes to the queue (there are like. a hundred?)#but this felt pressing #something about the very sad image of no one being there to COMFORT them #and Paul’s feeling responsible being tied to him making sure people weren’t being rude to John #and the ‘which of course he could’#just got to me #my quotes #paul mccartney #john lennon #joseph lockwood #the beatles #beatles #northern songs

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