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Aging Musicians’ Dilemma: Is There Rock After 30?

John Mendelsohn, Los Angeles Times, 25 March 1979

AT THE APOGEE of Beatlemania, Paul McCartney was asked at a press conference how long the Beatles would last: "Dunno," he replied, "but I can’t picture us still being Beatles when we’re 30 years old."

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