Quotes of George Martin - somelinesforyou

“ Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think. ”

- George Martin

“ In Yellow Submarine, we used chains that were there and all sorts of bowls and things. And of course, we used bowls of water too. And bottles with straws, blowing them into the water, to get the effect of submarines surfacing, that kind of thing. It was nice to do because it, we were all being very inventive… ”

- George Martin

“ We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens. ”

- George Martin

“ Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and color. And everybody is smiling and happy and butterflies flitting around and it was that kind of image that, it was like a dream world, really. ”

- George Martin

“ He was definitely a father figure for all of us. Once you were a Giant, you were always a Giant. ”

- George Martin

“ I was asked to do score by the Director, who was a charming Canadian, a really nice guy, George Dunning was his name. He's dead now, unfortunately. ”

- George Martin

“ I was asked to do score by the Director, who was a charming Canadian, a really nice guy, George Dunning was his name. He's dead now, unfortunately. ”

- George Martin

“ What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ”

- George Martin

“ You'd use recorded effects and then they'd have to come off discs. So we tried to make our own, and we used to have all sorts of things. We used to have roller skates for making train noises over rails and I remember once trying to effect the noise of someone's head being chopped off… ”

- George Martin

“ We're lucky, real lucky. Our friends lost their house. We just had some burning embers put holes in the screens. ”

- George Martin

“ In Yellow Submarine, we used chains that were there and all sorts of bowls and things. And of course, we used bowls of water too. And bottles with straws, blowing them into the water, to get the effect of submarines surfacing, that kind of thing. It was nice to do because it, we were all being very inventive… ”

- George Martin

“ He was definitely a father figure for all of us. Once you were a Giant, you were always a Giant. ”

- George Martin

“ Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think. ”

- George Martin

“ I think Harry is one of the two or three best middle linebackers in history as far as I'm concerned. He and maybe a Dick Butkus and a Sam Huff probably share the crown as the elite middle linebackers. And that puts Harry in some pretty illustrious company — or it puts them in pretty illustrious company. ”

- George Martin

“ I was asked to do score by the Director, who was a charming Canadian, a really nice guy, George Dunning was his name. He's dead now, unfortunately. ”

- George Martin

“ I mean there were tambourines, and a gong and that kind of thing. And all sorts of weird things, whistles and even a little cupboard with a door that opened and shut so you could get the noise of a door opening if you wanted to have someone coming in and out of a room… ”

- George Martin

“ I was asked to do score by the Director, who was a charming Canadian, a really nice guy, George Dunning was his name. He's dead now, unfortunately. ”

- George Martin

“ We want to get it in front of the public as soon as possible because we want the troops to come home as soon as possible. ”

- George Martin

“ What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ”

- George Martin

“ What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ”

- George Martin

“ You'd use recorded effects and then they'd have to come off discs. So we tried to make our own, and we used to have all sorts of things. We used to have roller skates for making train noises over rails and I remember once trying to effect the noise of someone's head being chopped off… ”

- George Martin

“ What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ”

- George Martin

“ What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ”

- George Martin

“ Well, again working strictly to the film, where you had this lovely, lovely land of brightness and color. And everybody is smiling and happy and butterflies flitting around and it was that kind of image that, it was like a dream world, really. ”

- George Martin

“ It sounds all very sort of technical, but in fact it was very much a kind of bootlace affair. I mean, in the Abbey Road in those days was a fairly primitive place by today's standards. ”

- George Martin

“ So, I had a moviola installed in my office, my studio. And I made my own measurements. They gave me the reels as they came along. They were all higgeldy piggeldy, all over the place. I'd have reel 4 one week, and reel 7 the next, and then reel 6 and so on… ”

- George Martin

“ I was asked to do score by the Director, who was a charming Canadian, a really nice guy, George Dunning was his name. He's dead now, unfortunately. ”

- George Martin

“ I think Harry is one of the two or three best middle linebackers in history as far as I'm concerned. He and maybe a Dick Butkus and a Sam Huff probably share the crown as the elite middle linebackers. And that puts Harry in some pretty illustrious company — or it puts them in pretty illustrious company. ”

- George Martin

“ We want to get it in front of the public as soon as possible because we want the troops to come home as soon as possible. ”

- George Martin

“ In Yellow Submarine, we used chains that were there and all sorts of bowls and things. And of course, we used bowls of water too. And bottles with straws, blowing them into the water, to get the effect of submarines surfacing, that kind of thing. It was nice to do because it, we were all being very inventive… ”

- George Martin
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