Question: How do you manage to have such a weird effect on teenagers?

George: Enthusiasm, I guess.

Question: Do you worry about smoking in public? Do you think it might have set a bad example for your younger fans?

George: We don't set examples. We smoke because we've always smoked. Kids don't smoke because we do. They smoke because they want to. If we changed, we'd be putting on an act.

Ringo: We even drink.

Question: What careers would you individually have chosen had not become entertainers?

Ringo: A hairdresser.

George: I had a short go at being an electrician's apprentice, but I kept blowing things up, so I got dumped.

Paul: I don't know..... maybe something with art in it.

John: No comment.

Question: Do you have any special message for the Dutch youth?

John: Tell them to buy Beatles records.

Question: What's it like being the Beatles?

George: We've gotten to know each other quite well. We can stand each other better now than when we first met.

Question: Has success spoiled the Beatles?

John: Well, you don’t see us running out and buying bowler hats, do you? I think we've pretty well succeeded in remaining ourselves.

Paul: The great thing about it is that you don’t have big worries anymore when you've got where we have only little ones, like whether the plane is going to crash.

Question: Can we look forward to any more Beatles movies?

John: Well, there'll be many more. But I don't know whether you can look forward to them or not.

Question: Is your popularity beginning to taper off?

Paul: I agree that our popular has hit a peak. But I also agree with a man who said the same thing last year. And we were both wrong.

Question: How do you feel about bandleader Ray Bloch's statement that the Beatles wont last a year?

John: We'll probably last longer than Ray Bloch.

Question: Sorry to interrupt while you were eating, but what do you think you will do in 5 years time when all this is over?

John: Still eating.

Question: What will you do when the bubble bursts?

George: Take up ice hockey.

Paul: Play basketball.

Question: Aren't you tired of all the hocus-pocus? Wouldn't you rather sit on your fat wallets?

Paul: When we get tired, we take fat vacations with our fat wallets.

Question: What is the biggest threat to your careers, the atom bomb, or the dandruff?

Ringo: The atom bomb. We've already got dandruff.

Question: How long will your popularity last?

John: When you're going to go, you're going to go.

Question: What do you think you've contributed to the musical field?

Ringo: Records.

George: A laugh and a smile.

Question: Do you care what the public thinks about you private life?

Ringo: There's a woman in the United States who predicted the plane we were traveling on was going to crash. Now, a lot of people would like to think we were scared into saying a prayer. What we did actually- we drank.

Question: What do you think of space shots?

John: You see one, you see them all.

Question: What about the recent criticism of your lyrics?

Paul: If you start reading things into them, then you might as well just start singing hymns.

Question: Why are you disinterested in politics?

John: We're not. We just think politicians are disinteresting.

Question: You've admitted to being agnostics. Are you also irreverent?

Paul: We are agnostics, so there's no point in being irreverent.

Question: How do you stand in the draft?

John: About five feet, eleven inches.

Question: Are you afraid military service might break up your careers?

John: No. There's no draft in England now. We're going to let you do the fighting for us.

Question: What do you think about the pamphlet calling you four Communists?

Paul: Us, Communists? Why, we can't be Communists. We're the worlds number one capitalists. Imagine us Communists!

Question: What do you consider the most important thing in life?

George: Love.
Question: What is your personal goal?

George: To do as well as I can at whatever I attempt. And someday to die with a peaceful mind.

Question: But you really don’t expect that to happen for a long time, do you?

George: When your numbers up, it's up.

Question: What about your future?

John: It looks nice.

Question: Are you scared when crowds scream at you?

John: More so in Dallas than in other places, perhaps.

Question: Would you like to walk down the street without being noticed?

John: We used to do it with no money in our pockets. There's no point in it.

Question: What would you do if the fans got past the police lines?

George: We'd die laughing.

Question: If you could have any wish at this moment, what would it be?

John: No more unscheduled public appearances. We've had enough. We're going to stay in our hotel except for the concerts.

Question: Won't this make you feel like a caged animal?

John: No. We feed ourselves.