April 20, 2010

Q: “How about you, Jim? You haven’t said anything. How do you feel, Jimmy, being in with the Beatles— a new talent— standing-in for Ringo?”

JIMMY: “It’s a good experience, man.”

Q: “How is Ringo?”

JIMMY: “Umm, he’s much better. He joins them on Sunday.”

Q: “What do you do then?”

JIMMY: “Umm, I go back to London and they’re fixing up a band for me, and I do some television.”

JOHN: “And he’s away!!”

Q: “You’re progressing pretty well with your Beatle-haircut.”

JIMMY: “Yeah, well I’ve been growing it for about three months.”

[From a June 11, 1964 press conference]