The Beatles Denver Press Conference

Q: "What about this rumor that John is leaving the group?" JOHN: "It's just a rumor. I dunno how it started. You know, it's just untrue." Q: "When do you plan to come back to the states? We are all here from various parts of the country and... for example I'm from Phoenix... and we want to know when are you coming back so we can get you down there." JOHN: "Yeah, I don't really know, you know. It's up to our manager when we come back again. It'll probably be next year at the earliest." Q: "Ringo, did you see the reception that we gave you at the airport?" RINGO: "Yeah, we went 'round it. Very good! Marvelous!" Q: "Ringo, have you seen Red Rocks?" RINGO: "No, not yet." Q: "Have you ever been to see this kind of amphitheatre?" RINGO: "No." Q: "George, I understand that from here you're going, later on next month, down south. I understand you're pretty against the segregation down there..." PAUL: "Yeah." Q: "...and we understood there were some problems about the hotel you might stay in in Jacksonville." GEORGE: "We don't know about our accomodations at all. We don't arrange that. But, you know, we don't appear anywhere where there is." Pat Murphy Interview, Denver 8/26/1964 Q: "The thing is, when we (the press) followed in the elevator, we had a little unpleasant experience." RINGO: "Well, you jumped in the lift, you see, and weighed it down." Q: "Oh, is that what it was, yeah? Are you mad at the press?" RINGO: (exaggeratedly) "Noo!" Q: "Huh?" JOHN: (dryly) "We're never mad at the press." Q: "We got the impression you might be a little rude... a little upset." JOHN: (snapping back quickly, but calmly) "We're only as rude as the people we meet." Q: "Well if thats true, you certainly had no occasion to think we were rude, didya John?" JOHN: "I didn't even see you, actually." Q: "Well, somebody made a remark at the back of the elevator." RINGO: "Yeah well, the thing is... The lift was crowded anyway, and then the press try and jump in, you know." Q: "Let me ask you both this. Have you ever tried to come into a city unannounced, rather than cause all this furore?" JOHN: "Yeah, George and I passed through Los Angeles on our way back from a holiday in Tahiti, unannounced. And we just did a trip 'round, because we had about four hours. So we just went 'round to L.A. and nobody knew at all. Several people spotted us, but they thought we were fakes." Q: "How has your tour been so far? You go from here to where next?" RINGO: "I don't know. Where do we go next?" JOHN: "Cincinnati." Q: "And you've enjoyed everything so far?" RINGO: "Marvelous." Q: "Do you have this crowd wherever you go?" RINGO: "Up to now, yeah." JOHN: (jokingly) "Even in the lift!" Q: (laughs)