I'm a Record Fan

I was always slightly disappointed with all the performers I saw, from Little Richard to Jerry Lee. They never sound exactly like their records. I like “Whole Lotta Shakin’,” the 1956 take on the record, but I'm not interested in a variation on the theme. When Gene Vincent did “Be Bop A Lula” in Hamburg, he didn't do it the same. It was a thrill to meet Gene Vincent and see him, but it was not “Be Bop A Lula.” I'm a record fan.

— John Lennon

From the Book The Beatles Anthology, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000, ISBN 0811826848

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