32 Is this what I want to do? Is this it?: John Lennon, interview by Elliot Mintz, January 1, 1976, quoted in Lewisohn, Tune In, 387.

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33 Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers: Philip Norman, John Lennon: The Life (New York: Ecco, 2008), 239–40.

33 proudly play the “My Bonnie” single: Lewisohn, Tune In, 544.

33 “lumbered”: Ray Connolly, Being John Lennon: A Restless Life (New York: Pegasus Books, 2018), 107.

34 “I wasn’t too keen on reaching twenty-one”: Connolly, Being John Lennon, 109.

34 I’m too old. I’ve missed the boat: Lewisohn, Tune In, 562.

34 I’m gonna make it: Lewisohn, Tune In, 469.

34 ‘The Singing Rage’!: Lewisohn, Tune In, 496.

34 “keeping a watch on the crotch”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 499.

34 hand over groceries and instructions: Philip Norman, Paul McCartney: The Life (New York: Little, Brown, 2016), 131.

34 “some very posh rich feller”: The Beatles, The Beatles Anthology (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000), 65.

35 “signed all sorts of contracts when we were about eighteen”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 450.

35 “It seems to me with everything going on, someone ought to be looking after you”: Bob Spitz, The Beatles: The Biography (New York: Back Bay, 2006), 272.

35 “75p each per night”: Brian Epstein, A Cellarful of Noise (London: Souvenir Press, 1964; reprinted New York: Pocket Books, 1998), 103.

35 “I could at least secure a decent rate for their performance”: Epstein, A Cellarful of Noise, 104.

35 Paul isn’t that keen on Brian: Lewisohn, Tune In, 513.

35 “a good flair”: Barry Miles, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now (New York: Henry Holt, 1997), 96.

36 “imagine you’re like on a cliff-top and you’re thinking about diving off”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 513.

36 “star quality”: Laura Snapes, “The Beatles’ First Contract with Manager Brian Epstein Sells for £275k,” The Guardian, July 10, 2019.

36 “You’re going to be bigger than Elvis, you know”: Michael Braun, “Love Me Do!”: The Beatles’ Progress (Los Angeles and New York: Graymalkin Media, 2019), 55.

36 “This is where Brian was good. He knew how to get it happening”: George Harrison, I, Me, Mine (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002), 33; quoted in Lewisohn, Tune In, 514.

36 “We were in a daydream till he came along”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 637.

37 “Manage us”: Norman, Paul McCartney, 142.

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38 “My little bit to get you all on in time”: Mark Lewisohn, Tune In, vol. 1, The Beatles: All These Years (New York: Crown Archetype: 2013), 530.

38 “it felt complete”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 530.

39 “If I get a huge offer, they won’t take you in leather”: The Beatles, The Beatles Anthology (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000), 73.

39 “I’ll wear a fucking balloon if somebody’s going to pay me!”: John Lennon, interview by Lisa Robinson, Hit Parader, December 1975, quoted in Lewisohn, Tune In, 554.

39 “It was a bit old-hat anyway, all wearing leather gear”: Paul McCartney, interview for The Mersey Sound, August 28, 1963, quoted in Lewisohn, Tune In, 553.

39 “I just saw it as playing a game”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 554.

39 “stop eating onstage, stop swearing, stop smoking”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 552.

40 “Brian was trying to clean our image up”: Ray Connolly, Being John Lennon: A Restless Life (New York: Pegasus Books, 2018), 115.

40 “they wanted their trousers extremely narrow”: Lewisohn, Tune In, 555.