We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.
Source: Man of the Decade, broadcast, 30 Dec 1969, ATV.
-- John Lennon, (Oct 9 1940-1980), English singer, songwriter, musician; He wrote with Paul McCartney, the songs/music of The Beatles; their first song was Love Me Do,1962.