“Very rich.”

—  John Lennon

Asked how he felt about a Beatles' Shea Stadium concert not selling out; Pop Chronicles: Show 38 - The Rubberization of Soul: The great pop music renaissance. (Part 4) https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19797/m1/#track/6, 22 August 1966 http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/db1966.0822.beatles.html.

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