“We reckoned we could make it because there were four of us. None at us would've made it alone, because Paul wasn't quite strong enough, I didn't have enough girl-appeal, George was too quiet, and Ringo was the drummer. But we thought that everyone would be able to dig at least one of us, and that's how it turned out.” MadeEnoughWould BeAbleGirlStrongMusicFourQuietMusic IsMade ItAppealsStrong EnoughDrummerRingo Author:John Lennon
“The whole thing died in my mind long before the rumpus started. We used to believe the Beatles myth just as much as the public and we were in love with them just the same way. But we were four individuals who eventually recovered our individualities after being submerged in a myth.” WayMindBelieveLongWholeUsedIndividualMusicFourMusic IsDiedIndividualityMythSubmerged Author:John Lennon
“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.” IfsInspirationalTryingStillsTwoMusicFourMinutesBoringEightThirtySixteen Author:John Cage
“If I'm not saying it in four choruses or less, then I'm not saying it.” IfsMusicFourJazzChorus Author:Milt Jackson
“The maplewood flat-finished Martin had represented the most outrageous luxury in her life when she bought it in 1971 for four hundred dollars. But Lonnie Slocum assured her the Martin was a good investment, even if she never learned to play it better than an acid head who was into heavy metal.” IfsPlayMusicFourHundredDollarsInvestmentHeavyFinishedLuxuryFlatsMetalsAssuredAcidOutrageousHeavy Metal Author:Dan Jenkins
“Walter turned on the radio: electric violins wailing, twisted romance, the four-square beat of heartbreak. Trite suffering, but suffering nonetheless. The entertainment business. What voyeurs we have all become.” RomanceSufferingMusicFourBeatsRadioEntertainmentSquaresElectricTwistedViolinWailingEntertainment Business Book:The Blind Assassin Source: The Blind Assassin