"They
were the most amazing band of all time. It's really over the past five years
that I've come to appreciate their music. And, of course, I love my granddad to
bits" -Tatia
"I
don't know why people think I sit around the house and constantly think about
Dad all the time. So it's very strange that they should think that or that I
still communicate or have close relationships with the Beatles. I mean they
were Dad's friends. They were acquaintances." -Julian
“I’m not an expert of The Beatles. If I want to know
something about them I ask to my father." -Lee
"It's
really beautiful to have all the families here- it's like a reunion. I saw Paul
and we gave each other a big hug." -Julian (at the Beatles
Cirque du Soleil's LOVE premiere)
"It's
like children of famous
actors- they're born with the gene. You either say, 'No, I can't top that' and
move into another field or you just go with it. You've had Julian, Sean, Dhani
and my son James, who is a great musician. I'm doing an album with him. And
Ringo's kids are all great drummers." -Paul
"I
already played with him when we did the Concert for George. I was up there
between Paul and Ringo, which was pretty weird. -Dhani
“My
youngest
is only six and she's only just getting into it. It's really cute to see the
youngest ones awakening to it.” -Paul (Beatrice and his
grandchildren being Beatles' fans)
"We
just keep to ourselves. Everyone's constantly trying to suggest that there
might be something there but it's not what we want to do at all." -Dhani (on
getting together with Julian, Sean, Zak, and James to make music)
“I
didn't feel like I was growing up
the daughter of a Beatle. It's home and it's family. The only time you would is
in the street when people are coming up and behaving strangely, or if we're in
a restaurant and people are staring at us." –Mary
“I
don't think it's something that
Zak wants to do. Maybe Jason would want to do it. I'd be up for it. Sean seemed
to be into it, Dhani seemed to be into it. I'd be happy to do it.” –James
“We're
all family. We're all
related deep down.” –Stella
“I
don't know about that. We
haven't done that quite yet. They're all too little. But there will be. We just
need to all get together. But there's definitely enough children of children of
Beatles. Ringo's daughter Lee just had triplets. Jay, her brother, has got four
boys. Dhani will have children soon, I'm sure. He's like the little brother.”
–Stella
"It’s
why I think I’m most like
Stella and Mary McCartney. They’re the same. Look at Stella: you don’t get to
stay in Karl Lagerfeld’s job if you can’t cut it. If you want anyone to take
you seriously, first of all you have to have good grades or a really hard work
ethic. Everyone’s looking at me thinking, 'He’s got it handed to him on a
plate; he got that because of his dad.'" -Dhani
"There
are so many. The Word is one. The thing about his drumming is it's so
incredibly original. And it's so great for the song. He's listening to the song
and he knows what's going on, and what he plays complements the song perfectly.
That's the chemistry of a great band- that's why the great bands are the great
bands. It just works. Even with the Who, if you take a member out of the band
it's never going to be the same. With my dad's parts, you can pick any track
and there's just one bit on the drums where you go, 'God, how did he do that?'
or "Why did he do that? It's so good." -Zak
"He
was one of four guys who were loved by the world, and he was always made out to
be the cuddliest, most lovable one of them all. John was always the rebel, Paul
was, and still is, the nice guy and George is the quiet one." -Zak
"It’s part of our lives, and you’ve gotta just embrace it and dig
it." -Zak
“Between
my dad, John, Paul and Ringo, there was pretty much no musical stone they left
unturned. I remember saying to my dad: ‘The backwards solo guitar on that
Hendrix thing is just the stickiest thing I ever heard.’ Dad just replied,
without looking up from his tea: 'I did the first backwards guitar solo on I’m
only sleeping’” -Dhani
