The Beatles Look At Life

[Interview]: John Babcock, with Al Wiman and Roger Christian of radio station KWFB, Hollywood, CA

There never has been a group like The Beatles who could entertain and so completely captivate their audience. But The Beatles think of themselves only as entertainers. John Babcock offers this explanation: “Being non-conformists in the areas such as dress and hair style doesn't imply any desire to be a style setter. In fact, thе opposite is the case. Bеatle styles are for John, Paul, George and Ringo, not every Tom, Dick and Harry.”

In using the same basic philosophy, The Beatles don't want to be called upon to make any sociological judgements, foreign policy statements, or take public stands on any non-show business subject. They are firm believers that everybody's responsible for himself and in their own cases feel that that's a full-time job. Specifically, John Lennon pegged The Beatles’ feelings when asked about what responsibility he felt realizing that many youngsters mimic all Beatle behavior. "Well, we just behave as normally as we can, you know. We don't feel as though we should preach this and tell them that, you know. Let them do what they like."