“No — we need money first.”

—  John Lennon

When asked if they wouldn't sing because they couldn't, in a press conference at John F. Kennedy Airport (7 February 1964) http://www.dmbeatles.com/interviews.php?interview=10

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English singer and songwriter 1940–1980

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