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So Many Times, I Will Have People Tell Me What I Did When I Was Younger. There's So Much Being Written [about] The Early Beatles Period, And Even Pre-beatles Period. And People Will Say, "oh, He Did That Because That, And That Happened Because Of That." And I'll Be Reading And Think, "well, That Didn't Happen" And, "that's Not Why I Did That." Like Anyone's History, You Remember What Went Down Better Than People Who Weren't There.

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So Many Times, I

Paul McCartney

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So Many Times, I Will Have People Tell Me What I Did When I Was Younger. There's So Much Being Written [about] The Early Beatles Period, And Even Pre-beatles Period. And People Will Say, "oh, He Did That Because That, And That Happened Because Of That." And I'll Be Reading And Think, "well, That Didn't Happen" And, "that's Not Why I Did That." Like Anyone's History, You Remember What Went Down Better Than People Who Weren't There.

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