Reporter: Here they are in the bar sitting behind me, the Beatles!

John: Yeah...

Question: First of all, introduce yourself.

John: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jimmy Nichol.

Question: You want to get married?

Paul: No good...no good, marriage.

John: Good!

Paul: I don't know yet, maybe when I got some more money.

Question: You got money?

John: You got more!

Question: What do you think of the Dutch girls?

Paul: Great, yeah.

Question: They're good? Why?

Paul: Well, all girls are good actually.

Question: What makes a girl good?

Paul: I don't know, do you?

John: I know, I'm just helping him.

Question: You're on, Jimmy. Do you find it difficult to take over the role of Ringo?

Jimmy Nichol: No, not really, no. Because Ringo I can never replace. I can never make up for what Ringo is, you know.

Question: How long will you be doing this?

Jimmy: Until next Thursday.

Question: How is Ringo, by the way?

George: He's ill!

Question: Do you consider the records you made with Tony Sheridan in the Star Club in Hamburg real Beatles records?

George: No, no, because on most of it Tony Sheridan sings and it's two years ago, you know. Anyway, it's not a very good record.

Question: Do you play any other instrument besides the guitar and drums?

John: I play mouth organ and a little piano.

Paul: I play a little piano, about that big, a very little piano. I think we all play a little bit on other instruments.

Question: Who mends your stockings when you're on your travels?

George: Stockings? Socks! Nobody, we just have them washed.

Question: Do you think all the hysterics are necessary for your act?

Paul: No, not necessary. But it helps give a good atmosphere, we don't mind. It's nice when there's a lot of noise about. It's like a football match with a lot of noise going on. It produces a good feeling.

John: Goal! Goal!

Question: But why is it always the girls?

John: If it was all just boys, it would be a bit funny, wouldn't it?

Question: I want to ask you whether you will go ahead with any musical change in direction?

Paul: You never know. People always say we've changed, but we can't notice. So we probably will change our records. We wouldn't do anything drastic, like sing with a big band or anything, you know, because we don't enjoy that kind of music.

Question: You do this kind of music because you enjoy it?

Paul: We love it, you know, that's the main reason. If we didn't, we'd give it up tomorrow.

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