Q:
Do any of you have any formal music training?
JOHN:
You're joking.
Q:
What do you think of President Johnson?
PAUL:
Does he buy any of our records?
Q:
What do you think of American girls & American audiences?
JOHN:
Marvelous.
Q:
Here I am, surrounded by the Beatles, & I don't feel a thing. Fellas, how does it feel to be in the United States?
JOHN:
It's great.
Q:
What do you like best about our country?
JOHN:
You!
Q:
I'll take that under advisement. Do you have any plans to meet the Johnson girls?
JOHN:
No. We heard they didn't like our concerts.
Q:
Are they coming to your performance tonight?
PAUL:
If they do, we'd really like to meet them.
Q:
You & the snow came to Washington today. Which do you think will have the greater impact?
JOHN:
The snow will probably last longer.
Q:
One final question. Have you ever heard of Walter Cronkite?
PAUL:
Nope.
JOHN:
NBC News, is he? Yeah, we know him.
Q:
Thanks, fellas. By the way, it's CBS News.
GEORGE:
I know, but I didn't want to say it as we're now on ABC.
Q:
This is NBC, believe it or not.
JOHN:
And you're Walter?
Q:
No, I'm Ed.
JOHN:
What's going on around here?
Q:
What do you think of your reception in America so far?
JOHN:
It's been great.
Q:
What struck you the most?
JOHN:
You!
RINGO:
We already did that joke when we first came in.
GEORGE:
Well, we're doing it again, squire!
Q:
Why do you think you're so popular?
JOHN:
It must be the weather.
Q:
Do you think it's your singing?
PAUL:
I doubt it. We don't know which it could be.
Q:
Where'd you get the idea for the haircuts?
JOHN:
Where'd you get the idea for yours?
PAUL:
We enjoyed wearing our hair this way, so it's developed this way.
Q:
Well you save on haircutting at least.
PAUL:
Roar ...
JOHN:
I think it costs more to keep it short than long, don't you?
PAUL:
Yeah, we're saving our money.
Q:
Are you still number one in Europe?
GEORGE:
We're number one in America.
Q:
Where else are you number one then?
JOHN:
Hong Kong & Sweden ...
PAUL:
Australia, Denmark, & Finland.
Q:
And you haven't any idea why?
RINGO:
We just lay down & do it.
JOHN:
In Hong Kong & these other places, suddenly you're number one years after putting out your records. Even here, we've got records we've probably forgotten.
Q:
You call your records "funny records"?
JOHN:
"Funny", yeah, the ones we've forgotten.
GEORGE:
It's unusual because they've been out in England for over a year. Like "Please, Please Me" is a big hit over here now, but it's over a year old.
Q:
Do you think they're musical?
JOHN:
Obviously they're musical because it's music, isn't it! We make music. Instruments play music. It's a record.
Q:
What do you call it, rock and roll?
PAUL:
We try not to define our music because we get so many wrong classifications off it. We call it music even if you don't.
Q:
With a question mark?
GEORGE:
Pardon?
JOHN:
We leave that to the critics.
Q:
Okay, that's it. Have a good time in America.
JOHN:
Thank you. Keep buying them records & look after yourself.