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“Octopus’s Garden”

Beatles quotes about “Octopus’s Garden”

GEORGE 1969: “‘Octopus’s Garden’ is Ringo’s song. It’s only the second song Ringo has ever written, mind you, and it’s lovely. Ringo gets bored with just playing drums all the time, so at home he sometimes plays a bit of piano, but unfortunately he only knows about three chords. He knows about the same on guitar too. This song gets very deep into your consciousness, though because it’s so peaceful. I suppose Ringo is writing cosmic songs these days without even realizing it.”

RINGO 1981: “He (a ship captain) told me all about octopuses– how they go ’round the sea bed and pick up stones and shiny objects and build gardens. I thought, ‘How fabulous!’ because at the time I just wanted to be under the sea, too. I wanted to get out of it for a while.”

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