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I Think The Music Reflects The State That The Society Is In. It Doesn't Suggest The State. I Think The Poets And Musicians And Artists Are Of The Age - Not Only Do They Lead The Age On, But They Also Reflect That Age. [...] Like The Beatles. We Came Out Of Liverpool And We Reflected Our Background And We Reflected Our Thoughts In What We Sang, And That's All People Are Doing.

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John Lennon

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I Think The Music Reflects The State That The Society Is In. It Doesn't Suggest The State. I Think The Poets And Musicians And Artists Are Of The Age - Not Only Do They Lead The Age On, But They Also Reflect That Age. [...] Like The Beatles. We Came Out Of Liverpool And We Reflected Our Background And We Reflected Our Thoughts In What We Sang, And That's All People Are Doing.

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Don't You Think That The Beatles Gave Every Sodden Thing They've Got To Be The Beatles? That Took A Whole Section Of Our Youth - That Whole Period - When Everybody Else Was Just Goofin' Off We Were Workin' 24 Hours A Day!

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