Q: "Would you be so kind as to tell us something about your impressions in Munich and here in Essen?"
JOHN: (jokingly) "NO! Umm, yeah."
(laughter)
PAUL: "It's bigger here."
JOHN: "It's very nice. We only saw the hotels and that."
Q: "What's your opinion about your listeners here in Essen?"
PAUL: "Good audience."
RINGO: "Yeah... The best audience."
JOHN: "Louder audience than Munich."
Q: (female voice) "Do you like the German girls?"
PAUL: "Yes."
(laughter)
JOHN: "Yes, great."
Q: "Do you think it's very exciting and nice to be here as you are today, or would you rather be in Hamburg again?"
PAUL: "No, it's just wonderful. As you can see, we enjoy it."
Q: "What do you think of a lot of noise at Beat concerts?"
PAUL: "Umm, yes. Just about as much as at a football match."
(laughter)
Q: "What's the difference between German fans, English fans and American fans?"
RINGO: "They're all the same."
Q: "There's an old German song that says 'Why is it so beautiful on the Rhine?' You've travelled along the Rhine, what are your impressions of it?"
JOHN: "We were asleep!"
RINGO: "I slept, you know."
(laughter)
Q: "What about an appearance in Canada?"
JOHN: "We've been there."
RINGO: "We go there in August."
GEORGE: "We've been there three times."
Q: "Are you never homesick?"
PAUL: "Yes, always."
Q: "John, what's the time?"
JOHN: "I don't know."
(laughter)
Q: "George?"
GEORGE: "Yeah."
Q: "What's the time?"
GEORGE: (pause) "Five 'til eight, on my watch."
RINGO: "Time you were in bed!"
(laughter)
Q: "Are you afraid of your trip to Tokyo?"
JOHN: "Why?"
Q: "Because they said they would cut your hair over there."
PAUL: "No, they won't."
JOHN: "They'd just imitate us."
Q: "Do the Beatles plan in the near future to make another film?"
JOHN: (exaggerated German accent) "YA!"
(laughter)
Q: "Do you have any idea what it's going to be like?"
JOHN: "No. We have no script."
Q: "Do you sing for music or for money?"
PAUL: "Both."
JOHN: "Well, when they don't pay you, you do it for music."
(laughter)
Q: "Do you do it for love or for money?"
PAUL: "Both."
Q: "Is it possible that you will make a film without music?"
PAUL: "Umm, no. Not likely. It's possible though, but it's not likely."
Q: "If you would have to buy a ticket for your own performance, how much would you pay for it?"
JOHN: "We know the manager, so we get in free."
(laughter)
Q: "Do the Beatles write their arrangements for their songs all by themselves?"
PAUL: "Yes."
Q: "Who wrote the arrangement for 'Michelle'?
JOHN: "We did."
GEORGE: "Leonard Bernstein."
(laughter)
PAUL: "We did, all together. We do them all together."
Q: What do you think about people who have written about you? Do you think they have intelligence or not?"
GEORGE: "We don't think..."
JOHN: "Some are intelligent, some are stupid. Some are silly, some are stupid... the same in any crowd. They're not all the same. Ein is clever... Ein is soft."
(laughter)
Q: "What do you think of the questions you are getting asked here?"
JOHN: "They're a bit stupid."
(laughter, followed by applause)
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