Georges God, the faith of the quiet Beatle

November 24, 2011 18:11

On the Weekly Standard: As a reader who has compulsively consumed the ever-expanding body of Beatles literature for 40 years, I have trouble picking out a favorite anecdote or most memorable quote.

Is it John's "If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one'? Or the note Paul sent John one day in the waning days of the group: "You and your Jap tart think you're hots"?

Or maybe it's the time an airline stewardess offered George a glass of wine, not knowing he was deep in meditation. "F'" off,' the spiritual Beatle replied.

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